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koistyfishy's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
4 Squished Spider Stars ⭐
Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
I have previously described Madeleine Eliot's writing as fluffy, but I've come to realize that sometimes what you want is something that is just fluffy and is going to take you into a magical, fantastical realm and just let you escape reality. Because who wants to be faced with reality lately?
This is the second instalment in the King and Coven Series, and it picks up almost exactly where it ended. Elara has been officially tricked by the Demon King (Carnon) and has been tied into an unbreakable engagement, which she thinks is a "curse". Now she is ultimately trying to break this contract but things get tricky when the Daemon Lords are summoned to the palace and Elara has to play the doting fiancee and prove that she wants nothing more than to be tied forever in matrimony with our dear Demon King.
We got to see a lot more world-building on the demon aspects in this instalment. We see more of the demon realm and courts. A little bit more insight into the lore, law and magic system of the demons.
One thing that I loved was the banter between Elara and Carnon, especially in the beginning. I was giggling like a little schoolgirl at their little snippets. But what I really enjoyed is that this book is filled with fast-paced action and was definitely the spiciest book that I have read ever from Madeleine Elliot. I enjoyed that there seems to be a good mix of exciting moments, some really heartfelt moments, and some nail-biting moments.
There are just two criticisms on this that kept this from being a full five stars to me. I felt that because I enjoyed the banter so much in the beginning, I missed the banter when it was gone. Once Elara and Carnon got back together again. Sorry, that's not really a spoiler. You're reading a romance book about these two. They're going to get back together eventually. The banter just kind of disappeared and fizzled out. It just then felt like we had "very lovey" comments and not the sarcastic wittiness that the characters had before. To me, this felt like they lost a little bit of who they were in the beginning.
The other aspect that I felt could have had a little bit more variety was the spice. The scenes were steamy, but by the third scene, I felt like they were very formulaic and repetitive. They were following the same pattern and you could almost predict the flow of what they were going to do, where he was going to touch her and how. I wanted a little bit more shakeup. There was also so much opportunity to make it a little more risqué, especially since he is a Demon King, he can use Shadow magic, and he has this shifter ability. I wanted to have a little bit more kink than it did, and it was just vanilla. But if you like vanilla - this is going to be the perfect high spice for you!
Overall, a cosy and fluffy magical second instalment, and I can't wait to see what happens in Book Three.
The Trope in this are:
▶ Enemies to Lovers
▶ One Bed
▶ One Horse
▶ One Bath
▶ SHADOW DADDY
▶ Fated Mates
▶ Primal Play
▶ Witches and Demons
So many thanks to Madeleine Eliot for the gifted ARC!
All thoughts and feelings in this review are my own
Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
I have previously described Madeleine Eliot's writing as fluffy, but I've come to realize that sometimes what you want is something that is just fluffy and is going to take you into a magical, fantastical realm and just let you escape reality. Because who wants to be faced with reality lately?
This is the second instalment in the King and Coven Series, and it picks up almost exactly where it ended. Elara has been officially tricked by the Demon King (Carnon) and has been tied into an unbreakable engagement, which she thinks is a "curse". Now she is ultimately trying to break this contract but things get tricky when the Daemon Lords are summoned to the palace and Elara has to play the doting fiancee and prove that she wants nothing more than to be tied forever in matrimony with our dear Demon King.
We got to see a lot more world-building on the demon aspects in this instalment. We see more of the demon realm and courts. A little bit more insight into the lore, law and magic system of the demons.
One thing that I loved was the banter between Elara and Carnon, especially in the beginning. I was giggling like a little schoolgirl at their little snippets. But what I really enjoyed is that this book is filled with fast-paced action and was definitely the spiciest book that I have read ever from Madeleine Elliot. I enjoyed that there seems to be a good mix of exciting moments, some really heartfelt moments, and some nail-biting moments.
There are just two criticisms on this that kept this from being a full five stars to me. I felt that because I enjoyed the banter so much in the beginning, I missed the banter when it was gone. Once Elara and Carnon got back together again. Sorry, that's not really a spoiler. You're reading a romance book about these two. They're going to get back together eventually. The banter just kind of disappeared and fizzled out. It just then felt like we had "very lovey" comments and not the sarcastic wittiness that the characters had before. To me, this felt like they lost a little bit of who they were in the beginning.
The other aspect that I felt could have had a little bit more variety was the spice. The scenes were steamy, but by the third scene, I felt like they were very formulaic and repetitive. They were following the same pattern and you could almost predict the flow of what they were going to do, where he was going to touch her and how. I wanted a little bit more shakeup. There was also so much opportunity to make it a little more risqué, especially since he is a Demon King, he can use Shadow magic, and he has this shifter ability. I wanted to have a little bit more kink than it did, and it was just vanilla. But if you like vanilla - this is going to be the perfect high spice for you!
Overall, a cosy and fluffy magical second instalment, and I can't wait to see what happens in Book Three.
The Trope in this are:
▶ Enemies to Lovers
▶ One Bed
▶ One Horse
▶ One Bath
▶ SHADOW DADDY
▶ Fated Mates
▶ Primal Play
▶ Witches and Demons
So many thanks to Madeleine Eliot for the gifted ARC!
All thoughts and feelings in this review are my own
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, and War
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