Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - The Veiled Kingdom

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The Veiled Kingdom by Holly Renee

4 reviews

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

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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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