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A review by obiterocelot
Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Read if you love: vampires, Slavic monsters, shapeshifters, werewolves, witches, showing your love with violence, fight scenes, taking charge, fated love tropes, girl power.
Avoid if you don’t love: trashy romance novels, everyone trying to kill you, second books in the series, toxic relationships, SA trauma that builds character, betrayal, over complicated narratives.
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This definitely suffers from second book syndrome and a problem I’m finding with a lot of fantasy romance books lately where they want to be the next Sarah J Maas and can’t stick to the romance that was the entire point of me picking this series up in the first place. The spicy scenes aren’t bad, but it’s completely free of any real tension.
Unfortunately I’m probably not going to pick up the third book. First one was fun, but this one struggled to capture my attention.
There was also the matter of the big bad having some creepy sex dungeon and r*ping main characters and that being a trauma bonding experience. And I thought we had all collectively agreed that it was 2024 and there are plenty of other ways to hurt women. And perhaps that particular way, out of all of them, should be kept out of our romance novels?
We know that they’re already toxic enough.
Avoid if you don’t love: trashy romance novels, everyone trying to kill you, second books in the series, toxic relationships, SA trauma that builds character, betrayal, over complicated narratives.
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Unfortunately I’m probably not going to pick up the third book. First one was fun, but this one struggled to capture my attention.
There was also the matter of the big bad having some creepy sex dungeon and r*ping main characters and that being a trauma bonding experience. And I thought we had all collectively agreed that it was 2024 and there are plenty of other ways to hurt women. And perhaps that particular way, out of all of them, should be kept out of our romance novels?
We know that they’re already toxic enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, and War