A review by magmun
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

1.5

This book features probably the horniest main characters imaginable. I didn’t realize going into it how much of the book would be dedicated to smut or the characters thinking about sex. Unfortunately I was interested enough in the world and plot to keep reading but every time it was getting interesting the author would stop the plot to have a sex scene. I think I’m just not the target audience as I don’t really care about romance books and I thought this would be more traditional fantasy. I do have to hand it to the author for making the female love interest 26 instead of the typical 17-21 age range that a lot of books follow and for not making the guy a complete nightmare. It felt similar to many of Sarah j mass’s characters were you have a woman who is so badass and “not like other girls” cause she can use a knife, and a man who *Respects Woman* (and by that I mean he says he does but a lot of his actions are the exact opposite). There was a big disconnect between what we were told about characters vs their actual actions. At least he’s not a Colleen Hoover man. 

Also the plot was insanely predictable so by the time you get to the big reveal it isn’t even interesting or surprising.