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A review by _isabel_
You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5
Well, this was absolutely lovely!
It lost my interest a smidge in the second half (but it was probably my brain's fault; and my very busy life at the moment), so I ended up skimming a bit, but in all in all I really enjoyed it.
Hot and lighthearted, sweet and fun, with an underlying current of tension and emotional angst; it ended ip tackling some important topics (heed the trigger warnings people!), and all in all, it left me feeling very satisfied.
I loved Reuben and Vo'ak to bits! They're both idiots, and they're both impulsive and reckless and share one braincell between them, but oh god, I loved those horny, disastrous wrecks to bits. I loved their chemistry, and I loved all the side characters too!
The world-building was so vivid and magical, and I also adored the dry humour, especially in Roo's POV (such a cute nickname!): I laughed out loud many times at his antics.
Like I said, I got a smidge bored in the second half, but I'm pretty sure it was my fault. I loved it until life started getting in the middle of my reading time, so I'm sure if I'd read it at any other time, I would have kept loving it.
Maybe it was a smidge too long, but yeah, I still adored it!
I'm sooooo excited to read the next book in this series! I'm hoping it will be about a certain lovely, reticent human and his stoic, patient alien, and I can already see myself going feral over them.
I'm also excited about Fae Quin's book too! The covers of both these books are GORGEOUS, and I'd totally buy them based solely on the art. Beautiful!
TWs/CWs: kidnapping, domestic abuse and sexual assault (past), rape (on page, minor character), violence and injury.
Thank you GRR for the ARC. This is my honest review.
It lost my interest a smidge in the second half (but it was probably my brain's fault; and my very busy life at the moment), so I ended up skimming a bit, but in all in all I really enjoyed it.
Hot and lighthearted, sweet and fun, with an underlying current of tension and emotional angst; it ended ip tackling some important topics (heed the trigger warnings people!), and all in all, it left me feeling very satisfied.
I loved Reuben and Vo'ak to bits! They're both idiots, and they're both impulsive and reckless and share one braincell between them, but oh god, I loved those horny, disastrous wrecks to bits. I loved their chemistry, and I loved all the side characters too!
The world-building was so vivid and magical, and I also adored the dry humour, especially in Roo's POV (such a cute nickname!): I laughed out loud many times at his antics.
Like I said, I got a smidge bored in the second half, but I'm pretty sure it was my fault. I loved it until life started getting in the middle of my reading time, so I'm sure if I'd read it at any other time, I would have kept loving it.
Maybe it was a smidge too long, but yeah, I still adored it!
I'm sooooo excited to read the next book in this series! I'm hoping it will be about a certain lovely, reticent human and his stoic, patient alien, and I can already see myself going feral over them.
I'm also excited about Fae Quin's book too! The covers of both these books are GORGEOUS, and I'd totally buy them based solely on the art. Beautiful!
TWs/CWs: kidnapping, domestic abuse and sexual assault (past), rape (on page, minor character), violence and injury.
Thank you GRR for the ARC. This is my honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Domestic abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Addiction