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The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

23 reviews

chaptermaggot's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Animal death, War, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

kbowles24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Confinement, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: War, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

This book started slowly but had some interesting developments and I'm very curious to see where book two goes. A fairly hit you over the head with it religious imagery on themes like separation of church and state. I thought the poison element was interesting but wished mortem was laid out more clearly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, War, Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Grief

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Murder, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, War, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Death of parent

krystlethegreat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Bastian is the best fantasy genre prince since Cardan (Folk of the Air series)! He carried much of this book on his back and had me laughing so often! 
I thoroughly enjoyed this book on audio - what a narrator! Each character had a distinct voice, from one narrator! A total thrill to listen to. 

My only complaint is: There is soooo much going on, that I didn't get to explore each thing as much as I wanted to. Magic, poison running, catacombs, citadel, monks, Gods, kingdom, world beyond the kingdom... We get the gist of why each is important to the story, but I hope the next book immerses us in each of the areas more. (I'm in full support of a longer book!)

Overall, I couldn't stay away from this book and can't wait until The Hemlock Queen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, and Abandonment

Minor: Violence

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I loved Hannah Whitten’s “For the Throne,” so I was very excited to read “Foxglove King.” Now that I’ve read it, I’m feeling kind of let down. 

It was long…too long, in my opinion. There was some repetition of story beats that felt unnecessary, like they had been added just to lengthen the book. By the 70% point, I was just trying to power through and couldn’t give an accurate summary. 

All I kept thinking through the book was, “this is ‘Serpent and Dove’ but in a palace and with a lot more dead people.” And I stand by that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Death

Minor: War, Murder, Cursing, Alcohol, and Death of parent

jasminn_perez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

all the characters pissed me off at some point. Gabe and lore might be made for eachother they're both so annoying. Bastian was iconic I mean theres nothing else to say abt him. this book required so much of my focus to understand but I don't think there was payout for my hard work. also a lot of the description of the setting could've been cut out. there was always so much description for the setting yet I had a hard time picturing it bc it was none of the right setting description if that makes sense. the gods stuff was interesting tho and I did like the magic system. i was so pissed abt the ending WHAT THE FUCK did Gabe do to deserve the priest title. I wish Bastian would've executed him tbfh. I also found myself so bored in the middle. as much as I had a lot of grievances it wasn't bad at all. I live for silly drama and I gotta say this book delivered there and also the plot was pretty good. there's just a lot of nonsense and most of the time not in a cool way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Animal death, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Addiction, Gore, and Sexual content

lilfirebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

The concept was cool. Atheistic pleasing. The angst was fine until it was too much. Ending made me mad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Animal death

lbelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This is such a fantastic book, rife with political intrigue, complicated villains, twists, and morally gray characters. The necromancy feels like a fresh take while staying true to key tropes. The slow burn romance intermixed with questions of loyalty and betrayal keep me glued along the way as the twisty plot unfolded. I cannot wait for the sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Drug use, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Genocide, Vomit, Grief, Sexual content, and Death of parent