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The Unseelie Throne
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
“I delight in the suffering of others, for it is why I was made. But I find…I do not delight in yours.”
This isn’t a normal review for me because this isn’t a normal read for me. The above quote from The Unseelie Prince sums up the whole story. I honestly kept expecting the series to be too much and I would have to DFN. However, it gracefully, if not gut-wrenchingly, walked that line and effectively sunk it’s hooks in my heart that I just HAD to know what happens to Abigail and Valroy.
This is an adult, fae, dark, villain romance. DARK. VILLAIN. ROMANCE. Proceed with caution and check for trigger warnings.
If you think you like morally grey love interests, but not sure about straight up villains (who will never, ever change), then skip it. If you don’t like your fae stories to be tricky, inhuman, lascivious, and cruel, then skip it. If you don’t like power struggles or spice, skip it. It is a slow burn and honestly still a 3-3.5 on the spice scale, but it’s the whole relationship that pushes boundaries of ‘human morality.’ Cause, y’ know, it’s fantasy and you can do that.
However, if you like all these things then dive right in. The fantasy writing is good and you get pulled into the story easily. It’s not heavy handed with language, lore, or details. I love a good fae story, especially when the fae aren’t all happy and helpful. But feminist me was uncomfortable. However, Abigail’s character fit the timeframe and the fae setting. A little more acknowledgement of consent would have been helpful considering that it was meant to be understood. Other than that, I can say I liked it. I probably won’t reread, but it was a fun, bingeable, dark read.
This isn’t a normal review for me because this isn’t a normal read for me. The above quote from The Unseelie Prince sums up the whole story. I honestly kept expecting the series to be too much and I would have to DFN. However, it gracefully, if not gut-wrenchingly, walked that line and effectively sunk it’s hooks in my heart that I just HAD to know what happens to Abigail and Valroy.
This is an adult, fae, dark, villain romance. DARK. VILLAIN. ROMANCE. Proceed with caution and check for trigger warnings.
If you think you like morally grey love interests, but not sure about straight up villains (who will never, ever change), then skip it. If you don’t like your fae stories to be tricky, inhuman, lascivious, and cruel, then skip it. If you don’t like power struggles or spice, skip it. It is a slow burn and honestly still a 3-3.5 on the spice scale, but it’s the whole relationship that pushes boundaries of ‘human morality.’ Cause, y’ know, it’s fantasy and you can do that.
However, if you like all these things then dive right in. The fantasy writing is good and you get pulled into the story easily. It’s not heavy handed with language, lore, or details. I love a good fae story, especially when the fae aren’t all happy and helpful. But feminist me was uncomfortable. However, Abigail’s character fit the timeframe and the fae setting. A little more acknowledgement of consent would have been helpful considering that it was meant to be understood. Other than that, I can say I liked it. I probably won’t reread, but it was a fun, bingeable, dark read.