Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - The Veiled Kingdom

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The Veiled Kingdom by Holly Renee

9 reviews

kalleida's review against another edition

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1.0

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kmirea's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

This book almost had potential. Instead we spent far too much time bathing and trying to find personalities? Instead we found a girl who was starving for a year and “too skinny” that also had all the right curves in all the right places? Super unhealthy sexual interactions that felt rapey meanwhile non of our characters manage to actually find personalities for themselves

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mayrasbookverse's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

2 stars feels generous.

I had zero expectations and this book just blew my mind, in the worst way.
Runaway princess in rebel territory sounds good.. but the execution of this story was abhorent. We got minimal back story and no real chance to love the characters.

They're first smutty encounter was borderline SA. Made me sick to my stomach.. Dacre was fully drunk and jealous but we got no real info about that. He stared at Nyra, and was so conflicted that he got drunk and basically SA her.. but they play it off like she wanted it.. It was overly aggressive.

The last couple chapters were just a lot of random "hook ups" with no real build up (if at all possible after that first encounter..). Nyra gets drunk next for this one and she begs him on her knees.. at his demand... and if you think that's bad, he reveals he knows her secret mid thrust... I just cant.

So disappointing.

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rflood96's review against another edition

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2.0

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ladybug12793's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

That ending was super messed up

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anonymous_user's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

It was very fast paced and engaging and I liked the romance until

the ending which was disturbing and felt like the FMC was violated

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jessmjduncan's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I'll give this a one-star rating because I think the concept of a hidden city is interesting and with more development, this book could have been good. The sex scenes honestly felt like there was a lot of dubious consent and then the final scene includes

revenge sex that the FMC isn't aware is revenge sex

which is tbh super

rape-y and IMO would read this as sexual assault, personally

and I felt like it needed a trigger warning. I didn't like the MMC or the FMC or their relationship and was just generally disappointed considering how 3 separate booktokers raved about it. Also there was like zero reason for them to be

fae

like they could have just been

humans with powers

and it honestly would have been the same book. Also for a fantasy book, she's wearing a

literal crop top at one point

and it threw me out of the entire book entirely.

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