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