Reviews

The Toy King by Adriana Herrera

carissa223's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

abbythompson's review against another edition

3.0

Lots of "Romance Reasons" here but a fun, high heat and enjoyable twist on Santa mythology

emskiewings's review against another edition

relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

nikitanavalkar's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

gabichatslit's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

Valente Correa might be the love of my life. 

kutsireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book gave what needed to be given. Yes, I know I’m reading Christmas novellas in January but I kept seeing this one on people’s stories and @lovely_liche told me to check it out so I did. It was such a fun read. I loved the world building and I hope we get more on that in the other books. This book had the fated mates trope (which I’m a sucker for) and the hero just wanted to take care of the heroine. Plus he uses toys 🥵 Also the chemistry between them was A+

This was a fun, steamy and quick read.

paperbackpassionista's review against another edition

5.0

Omg!!! This book was perfect!!! This story starts off with Valente receiving a strange request from his father during his toy run. Bring back a bride for his lazy no good older brother. Valente is furious that he has to not only keep that family legacy alive but also do his brothers bidding because he’s to lazy to do so himself. But what happens when Valente lays eyes on his future sister-in-law? He instantly want to have her all to himself.

This book was soo good!!! I really want them to have a full length novel with all the characters we’ve met in the Toy Runner Series!!! If you are looking for the magic of Christmas with a lot of dirty talk, adult toys, consent, self love, and a whole lot of “Yes, Daddy!”, this book is for you!!! Adriana always delivers!

fangirljeanne's review against another edition

3.0

DNF the world building is interesting, but read for characters and relationships. Sadly those are the weakest parts of this story. It relies heavily on tropes and contemporary signifiers rather than actual character development and storytelling. The summary for the book is as much set up as we get in the story. And the dialogue, both internal and spoken, is cringey (for me). The sex scenes are okay, but did nothing for me.

I can overlook at lot, if the characters are compelling or the relationship/plot hit tropes I like. Unfortunately, this failed on both counts.

cam_nbdxtrs's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0