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A review by paperbacksandsnacks
King of Sloth by Ana Huang
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It breaks my heart to give the queen Ana anything less than 4⭐️. But this book just didn’t quite make it for me.
I loved Xavier, that man is a puppy dog in human form. Then we have Sloane who in all honesty, I do find myself relating to. The cold, icy exterior she puts on to protect herself from others. The excessive control she applies to her life so she can’t possibly find herself feeling out of it. I totally get it and thought to myself, yeah, this works.
But then we have the story. And whilst I did really enjoy parts of it, I just don’t think I loved it. I couldn’t even really tell you why except for that I just felt it wasn’t gelling for me. Maybe I’ve come to expect too much from Queen Ana at this point.
For me this is definitely one of the slower books in the series. Things don’t really start heating up until about halfway through. They literally start the book by going to Spain and he teaches her how to dance and there’s just not really enough happening with that. There is spice in this book, of course there is, it’s Ana Huang. Butttttt, I would say less than her usual level. Not necessarily a bad thing depending on who you are as a reader, but for me, I did miss it. The spice that is there is pretty good, Xavier is a little bit rough but gentle too. And “put your hands on the desk” is deffo giving bat boy Cassian vibes 😮💨
Sloane is a character we’ve read about for a long time, she’s been a big part of the first three books and it was great to finally get a deep dive into her personality. I think she was written brilliantly and I loved her no nonsense, straight talking ways immensely. The fact we also get to read more about our faves from both the Kings of Sin series and the Twisted series is great too. I miss them all 🥺. I think there’s also name drops from some of her other books too but I can’t attest to that as I have only read the two series I just mentioned.
Xavier falls first (bloody love when the guy falls first) but it feels like he does this quickly. I obviously understand that when this book starts they’ve already known each other years, but it did just feel a bit speedy and threw off the pacing for me.
Tbh this book also did just feel a bit like a set up for Vuk and Ayanas story, and I just feel it was a waste of Sloane and Xavier time. Don’t get me wrong I am buzzing for King of Envy but that’s not why I picked this book up.
Overall, I did like it. Ana Huang could never produce anything bad but I think my expectations are just so high and this just fell a bit flat. I liked parts of this, but not sure it totally came together the way I hoped. But it was cute and I am still excited to see the series progress!
If you love romcoms then you will love this because it’s like a tribute to the classics 🫶🏻
I loved Xavier, that man is a puppy dog in human form. Then we have Sloane who in all honesty, I do find myself relating to. The cold, icy exterior she puts on to protect herself from others. The excessive control she applies to her life so she can’t possibly find herself feeling out of it. I totally get it and thought to myself, yeah, this works.
But then we have the story. And whilst I did really enjoy parts of it, I just don’t think I loved it. I couldn’t even really tell you why except for that I just felt it wasn’t gelling for me. Maybe I’ve come to expect too much from Queen Ana at this point.
For me this is definitely one of the slower books in the series. Things don’t really start heating up until about halfway through. They literally start the book by going to Spain and he teaches her how to dance and there’s just not really enough happening with that. There is spice in this book, of course there is, it’s Ana Huang. Butttttt, I would say less than her usual level. Not necessarily a bad thing depending on who you are as a reader, but for me, I did miss it. The spice that is there is pretty good, Xavier is a little bit rough but gentle too. And “put your hands on the desk” is deffo giving bat boy Cassian vibes 😮💨
Sloane is a character we’ve read about for a long time, she’s been a big part of the first three books and it was great to finally get a deep dive into her personality. I think she was written brilliantly and I loved her no nonsense, straight talking ways immensely. The fact we also get to read more about our faves from both the Kings of Sin series and the Twisted series is great too. I miss them all 🥺. I think there’s also name drops from some of her other books too but I can’t attest to that as I have only read the two series I just mentioned.
Xavier falls first (bloody love when the guy falls first) but it feels like he does this quickly. I obviously understand that when this book starts they’ve already known each other years, but it did just feel a bit speedy and threw off the pacing for me.
Tbh this book also did just feel a bit like a set up for Vuk and Ayanas story, and I just feel it was a waste of Sloane and Xavier time. Don’t get me wrong I am buzzing for King of Envy but that’s not why I picked this book up.
Overall, I did like it. Ana Huang could never produce anything bad but I think my expectations are just so high and this just fell a bit flat. I liked parts of this, but not sure it totally came together the way I hoped. But it was cute and I am still excited to see the series progress!
If you love romcoms then you will love this because it’s like a tribute to the classics 🫶🏻
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Moderate: Gaslighting