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A review by tab_reads
Vengeful Gods by Elliott Rose
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Note: This review is long overdue because I got stuck. Starting at around chapter 50 it became hard to read. I put it down at 59 on 3/18 and didn't pick it back up again until 5/21. I was reading during that time - I read more than 20 other stories - so it was this story.
3⭐️ 5🌶️
MOOD: dark, emotional, tense, mysterious
TROPES: enemies to lovers, kidnapping, forced proximity, marriage of convenience-lite
GENRES: dark romance, contemporary, why choose/reverse harem, lgbtq+
FAV QUOTE:
MAIN CHARACTERS: Foxglove "Fox" Noire, Thorne Calliano, Kyron "Ky" Harris, Raven "Ven" Flannaghty
UNPOPULAR OPINIONS:
1. Name characters what you want to name them. 3 out of 4 of the main characters having nicknames feels ridiculous; especially since Fox also gets pet names from the 3 guys and then gives them each a pet name.
2. Fox is not a character, especially in the middle of the book, she's a plot device.
3. The book would have been more interesting if it was just Thorne, Ky, and Raven.
THE GOOD: The spice. All of it. All the scenes. It's literally the only reason I kept reading BUT
THE NEUTRAL: because of that the book is too long. I get it, to fit in more spice you need to have a longer book that but makes it nonsensical. There is a lot of travel back and forth for absolutely no reason. They're at a house. They go to an island. They go to the house. They go to Noire house. There's a sex club. They're at a cabin. It's a lot of pages for minimal plot.
THE MEH: Pretty much the unpopular opinions I mentioned above. There are certain points where it just absolutely makes no sense how Fox reacts especially in the middle with some of Thorne's decisions. It really does feel like the 3 guys were written first - they are the more interesting characters and it's their plot and then a female character was thrown in to move the story along.
CW from the author: death of parents/sibling, death, blood, kidnapping, torture, suicide, child abuse, sexual assault, guns, FMC drugged, explicit sex
DISCLAIMER: I received an advance review copy. This is my honest review.
3⭐️ 5🌶️
MOOD: dark, emotional, tense, mysterious
TROPES: enemies to lovers, kidnapping, forced proximity, marriage of convenience-lite
GENRES: dark romance, contemporary, why choose/reverse harem, lgbtq+
FAV QUOTE:
MAIN CHARACTERS: Foxglove "Fox" Noire, Thorne Calliano, Kyron "Ky" Harris, Raven "Ven" Flannaghty
UNPOPULAR OPINIONS:
1. Name characters what you want to name them. 3 out of 4 of the main characters having nicknames feels ridiculous; especially since Fox also gets pet names from the 3 guys and then gives them each a pet name.
2. Fox is not a character, especially in the middle of the book, she's a plot device.
3. The book would have been more interesting if it was just Thorne, Ky, and Raven.
THE GOOD: The spice. All of it. All the scenes. It's literally the only reason I kept reading BUT
THE NEUTRAL: because of that the book is too long. I get it, to fit in more spice you need to have a longer book that but makes it nonsensical. There is a lot of travel back and forth for absolutely no reason. They're at a house. They go to an island. They go to the house. They go to Noire house. There's a sex club. They're at a cabin. It's a lot of pages for minimal plot.
THE MEH: Pretty much the unpopular opinions I mentioned above. There are certain points where it just absolutely makes no sense how Fox reacts especially in the middle with some of Thorne's decisions. It really does feel like the 3 guys were written first - they are the more interesting characters and it's their plot and then a female character was thrown in to move the story along.
CW from the author: death of parents/sibling, death, blood, kidnapping, torture, suicide, child abuse, sexual assault, guns, FMC drugged, explicit sex
DISCLAIMER: I received an advance review copy. This is my honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent