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A review by jessiereadsfantasy
Captive of the Stolen Empire by Megan Van Dyke
5.0
Thank you to the author for sending me an eARC to review.
An enemies-to-lovers, slow burn novel featuring war, betrayal, plotting, and a healthy dose of spice.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a slow start due to world building and descriptive character profiles. Once you get past that, the action picks up pretty quickly and the slow burn picks up momentum.
In terms of characters, there is a whole host of them. Each one is well-written, well-thought out, and their relationships between each other are great. Specifically the chemistry between MMC, Lucien, and the FMC, Ilya, is extremely good. The tension between them is potent and once romantic feelings come into play, it turns spicy. I really enjoyed how the author built up the animosity between them. I further enjoyed once that animosity bled into romance.
The turning point in the story was heart-wrenching and I felt myself holding my breath as a frantically read chapter after chapter hoping everything would turn out alright. You will get attached to the characters, main and side alike, and I found myself feeling for them whenever struggles arose in the plot.
There are two things that bothered me. One was the author’s tendency to over describe. The second was some elements of the world building were repeated later in the book and it wasn’t necessary to the story.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story and I would definitely recommend.
4.5/5 ⭐️; 3/5
An enemies-to-lovers, slow burn novel featuring war, betrayal, plotting, and a healthy dose of spice.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a slow start due to world building and descriptive character profiles. Once you get past that, the action picks up pretty quickly and the slow burn picks up momentum.
In terms of characters, there is a whole host of them. Each one is well-written, well-thought out, and their relationships between each other are great. Specifically the chemistry between MMC, Lucien, and the FMC, Ilya, is extremely good. The tension between them is potent and once romantic feelings come into play, it turns spicy. I really enjoyed how the author built up the animosity between them. I further enjoyed once that animosity bled into romance.
The turning point in the story was heart-wrenching and I felt myself holding my breath as a frantically read chapter after chapter hoping everything would turn out alright. You will get attached to the characters, main and side alike, and I found myself feeling for them whenever struggles arose in the plot.
There are two things that bothered me. One was the author’s tendency to over describe. The second was some elements of the world building were repeated later in the book and it wasn’t necessary to the story.
Overall, I really enjoyed the story and I would definitely recommend.
4.5/5 ⭐️; 3/5