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A review by politewriter
These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
World building and immersion are amazingly well done. There’s lots of factions, characters, and lands. But despite this, I never felt confused or overloaded with information. But the Female Lead is so irritating. She’s not only naive, but denser than lead. She never asks the right questions, so much so that any foreshadowing becomes blatant and frustrating. It’s one thing to have an author guide the readers to future plot twists, and another to spoon feed them it with their nose pinched shut. I hope the supporting characters are treated better in the next book, and that the FL wises up.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Trafficking, and War