Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows by Holly Renee

7 reviews

kinsportch's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

taylorvalerie's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows is a captivating and enchanting tale that seamlessly weaves together fantasy, romance, and adventure, leaving readers utterly spellbound. With its rich world-building, complex characters, and a plot brimming with twists and turns, this novel is an absolute must-read for fans of the genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Confinement, and Murder

cryosphinx's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

A good quick read that I finished in less than a day, a bit predictable (especially if you've read something like FBAA or WLBTV) but still enjoyable. I'm very invested and will read the rest of the trilogy and the spice is 🔥🔥🔥 (of which there is plenty). Plus, I'm a sucker for fated mates, one bed, one horse, enemies to lovers romp and thank you for providing that!

The character building was shallow, especially so for anyone besides the FMC and MMC who still had minimal fleshing out. Since it was on the shorter side, everything moves very quickly along so there also isn't a ton of world building outside your basic "she's a such-and-such of importance, there's fae, there's vampires." 

I can sum it up as "come for the spice, don't stay if you want world building or full character development."

It did what it needed which is providing a quick break in the middle of another heavier book and this fit the bill and I still had a good time reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Gaslighting and Confinement

spaghettii's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I got it for the plot without realizing it was smut...

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Murder, and Confinement

finnickdeservedbetter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Tropes: 

fae, vampires, forbidden love, fated mates, who did this to you, hidden powers

Written review to come

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, and Confinement

Minor: Classism, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

forgottencupoftea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

I'm a bit disappointed as this book screams "unfulfilled potential".

It has so many tropes I love: forbidden love, arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers, chosen one, court intrigue, prophecies... Yet, it all falls rather flat.
Everything is rushed

the relationship between Adara and Evren makes little sense as there is no build-up to it, the characters meet - have sex - are in love and the book ends

. We barely get any insight into the characters, we don't get enough about them to fully understand their psychology or their behaviours. I think it's mainly due to the fact that the novel is too short! Worldbuilding, which is so often crucial in fantasy, is completely lacking here and readers are too often left in the dark! (it'd be fine if questions were clearly answered on page but they aren't)

I wish we'd gotten "more".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Death of parent

niliii's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity

Minor: Violence and Confinement