A review by ajpotz
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

- road trip 
- spiccyyyyy ( but at the wrong moments)
- very lgbtq+ friendly 

thought i would love this book but honestly as it went on i disliked it because of how much internalized misogyny i felt the main character had. she wasn’t a pushover but so much so that a lot of her actions were cruel and way overreacted. the moment Adrian and Issi started to talk about things that they needed to or even when she’s trying to get her anger out it’s always interrupted by sex and any room for character development is taken up by it. the end felt very rushed and honestly was pretty confusing for me. will not be reading the next book. only reason it’s not a plain 3 is because of a very well established atmosphere created by the author 
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