Reviews

The Viking Queen's Men by Holley Trent

claire_writes's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

darlinginmyway's review

DNF- I won't rate this book. It was a recommendation they I should not have heeded. I do not like paranormal, and I never will so I really shouldn't have picked it up.

moxxireads's review

4.0

This is an interesting premise of land locked modern day Vikings with supernatural powers. The mfm aspect is interesting. It seemed like one m was favored more than the other. I listened to this on audio. Tessa was abducted as a child and when her family finds her, she is thrown into sudden queendom in a culture she doesn’t remember anything about. Not only that but she’s got two big and very different Viking males claiming to be her mate, while trying to figure out who stole her and several other children from their clan.

vae's review

3.0

Suprisingly less bonkers than advertised.

nymeria_reads's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I desperately need the next book in this series, for the love of all things that matter 

abbythompson's review

4.0

Hoo boy - this was a trip! I saw it gleefully reviewed on Twitter and so I decided to check it out. This book was one trippy ride with an absolutely amazing, wack-a-doo premise: petty criminal gets picked up by childhood friend from the foster care system and learns she is the next great scion of a tribe of telepathic Vikings who live in the middle of the desert. She falls in with two men who are her "fated mates" and bam! Kinky menage!

I read the second book in the series, too, but won't bother reviewing it as I didn't finish it. The whole plot rapidly fell apart and the word-building absolutely crumbled. The narrative was super disjointed and huge chunks of time would pass with no explanations what so ever.

However, the first book is an awesome rollercoaster. Too bad the rest of the series doesn't hold up. *shrug*

bookhero6's review

2.0

Urban Fantasy Motorcycle Club?

There was a lot I wanted to like about this book. Modern day matriarchal Vikings. Poly. It walks a weird line between fantasy and contemporary with dashes of MC.

But ultimately, it just never clicked for me.

marysbookinit's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

schomj's review

4.0

Giving it 4 stars for now, and it does wrap up part of the romantic arc in this book, but there's still so much left unresolved that I don't think I'll be able to give a real review until I read more in the series.

amhoxie's review

2.0

This MMF was a little better than your typical book in the menage genre but it didn't seem to have a grasp on its story. A major difference between fantasy MMF and contemporary MMF is my immediate acceptance of 'love at first sight' situations. Add in some sort of mystical 'mate' and I'm just like "Yeah that makes sense." But in contemporary I just baulk at the page because the characters haven't even had a conversation, but they're all "you're my forever, and this other person too!" Ahh, yes. Double standards.