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Artefacts of Ouranos #2
Rule of the Aurora King
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Nominee for Best Romantasy (2023)“I am not his conquest. I am not his to claim. I am my own castle.” Freed from the golden clutches of the Sun King, Lor now finds herself in the hands of Nadir, the Aurora Prince. Convinced she’s hiding something, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make her talk. But Lor knows the value of secrets—she’s been keeping them her entire life—and she’s not letting hers go without a fight.
When Lor and Nadir team up to search for a lost item that holds the key to her past and her future, she isn’t sure she can trust him. All she knows is she won’t fall for another royal fae’s promises again.
With the Sun King determined to reclaim her, Lor must keep on the move, but nowhere is safe. Not until she destroys him and the Aurora King. But she soon learns that the future of Ouranos depends on much more than avenging her shattered legacy.
When Lor and Nadir team up to search for a lost item that holds the key to her past and her future, she isn’t sure she can trust him. All she knows is she won’t fall for another royal fae’s promises again.
With the Sun King determined to reclaim her, Lor must keep on the move, but nowhere is safe. Not until she destroys him and the Aurora King. But she soon learns that the future of Ouranos depends on much more than avenging her shattered legacy.
503 pages, Paperback
First published April 6, 2023
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Nisha J. Tuli
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Nisha J. Tuli is the bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen—the first in the Artefacts of Ouranos series—which became a BookTok hit thanks to her amazing fans. The originally self-published series was acquired by Forever Publishing and Orbit UK in 2023, and will soon be published in 15 other languages around the world.
She's also the author of Heart of Night and Fire, a South Asian-inspired fantasy romance and the first in a four-book series. Look for her rom-com debut in 2025 with NSFW (Not Suitable for Work), a workplace rivals to lovers rom-com publishing with Forever.
Nisha lives in Canada, where she spends most of her time reading and writing while enjoying travel, food, and camping with her partner, two kids, and their fluffy Samoyed, Mora.
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Nisha J. Tuli is the bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen—the first in the Artefacts of Ouranos series—which became a BookTok hit thanks to her amazing fans. The originally self-published series was acquired by Forever Publishing and Orbit UK in 2023, and will soon be published in 15 other languages around the world.
She's also the author of Heart of Night and Fire, a South Asian-inspired fantasy romance and the first in a four-book series. Look for her rom-com debut in 2025 with NSFW (Not Suitable for Work), a workplace rivals to lovers rom-com publishing with Forever.
Nisha lives in Canada, where she spends most of her time reading and writing while enjoying travel, food, and camping with her partner, two kids, and their fluffy Samoyed, Mora.
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April 2, 2023
kind of slapped but at the same time kinda didn’t
May 12, 2023
First one was better, something was off with this one. And the whole "inmate"-thing gave me massive ick
March 13, 2023
AND THE OSCAR FOR ONE OF THE MOST FUN ENEMIES TO LOVERS RENDITIONS I’VE READ GOES TO ……
rule of the aurora king, no QUESTION.
trial of the sun queen was great, but i knew by the end of sun queen that the sequel was going to be my favorite in the series. when you know, you know, you know? and it DELIVERED.
aurora king literally has nearly everything you could possibly want: ONE HORSE. FATED MATES. DUAL POV. A LITTLE BIT OF FOUND FAMILY. ANGSTY ‘i shouldn’t feel this way for someone i loathe’ MUTUAL YEARNING. i’ve never been more grateful in my life for a dual POV. reading lor’s simmering rage and loathing only to flip to the next chapter and read nadir’s ‘GOD I HATE HER, BUT I ALSO WANT TO RIP HER PANTIES OFF’ inner monologue is so, so delicious that i’m already desperate to reread it.
that hatred, tension and genuine hostility between the two main characters fully puts the ‘enemies’ in enemies to lovers. good GOD. the book OPENS with his hand around her throat! i was a goner from chapter 1, ok????
while this book focuses on a different journey for lor, it diverges from sun queen in terms of MMCs, plot action levels, and … spice. the chapters where lor was intimate with atlas in sun queen? PBS-level content compared to the things nadir whispers to lor through this entire book.
“I just had my tongue inside you, Inmate. Didn’t you know that Fae are very territorial?”
BRB, I NEED 42 COLD SHOWERS.
alexa, play 'talk' by hozier. it’s truly so hot, and there are so many highlights in my kindle in this book alone that i’ll have to continually revisit during the interminably long wait for book 3 to drop.
beyond the spice, the plot slows down a little bit in this one — no hunger-games-level battle royale, but plenty of secret spy surveillance missions, hunting for treasures, historical secrets unraveling paralleling the plotline between lor and nadir, and tension up to your eyeballs. and while i loved every second of this (and devoured it 24 hours from it arriving onto my kindle), the only thing i wish we had more of was the more overt danger that we experienced in sun queen. though the stakes are no less dire for lor in aurora king, i missed that fighting-for-my-life, eat-or-be-eaten energy of sun queen. aurora king tends toward the more slow-burn, lie-low kind of tension that makes my heart race in uncomfortable ways. though it makes for an excellent plot device, my stress and frustration levels were through the roof. discretion and keeping a cool head were not traits lor fostered in the torture chambers of nostraza, and seeing her (and nadir!) almost blow their cover repeatedly had me nervously clutching at my blanket.
one of the greatest things about this installment is that we get to see a new side of lor. is she still the feral, feisty creature hellbent on survival? absolutely — but witnessing her stepping into herself, into her own power, and into her destiny is lovely to read. who is lor when she’s not just surviving? who could she become?
“I am not his conquest. I am not his to claim. I’m not part of their royal line. I have my own family. And I am my own fucking castle.”
MY QUEEN. MY QUEEN. in addition to giving notoriously ruin-his-life-forever grade A blowjobs, she’s an unapologetic BADASS. we stan.
i loved this, and am so, so grateful to have been selected for the ARC because i think waiting until april for this would have killed me. if you like spicy, genuine enemies to lovers fantasy romance — quick, read trial of the sun queen before rule of the aurora king releases on april 6, so you too can writhe with glee, lust, excitement, and panic for 24 straight hours.
rule of the aurora king, no QUESTION.
trial of the sun queen was great, but i knew by the end of sun queen that the sequel was going to be my favorite in the series. when you know, you know, you know? and it DELIVERED.
aurora king literally has nearly everything you could possibly want: ONE HORSE. FATED MATES. DUAL POV. A LITTLE BIT OF FOUND FAMILY. ANGSTY ‘i shouldn’t feel this way for someone i loathe’ MUTUAL YEARNING. i’ve never been more grateful in my life for a dual POV. reading lor’s simmering rage and loathing only to flip to the next chapter and read nadir’s ‘GOD I HATE HER, BUT I ALSO WANT TO RIP HER PANTIES OFF’ inner monologue is so, so delicious that i’m already desperate to reread it.
that hatred, tension and genuine hostility between the two main characters fully puts the ‘enemies’ in enemies to lovers. good GOD. the book OPENS with his hand around her throat! i was a goner from chapter 1, ok????
while this book focuses on a different journey for lor, it diverges from sun queen in terms of MMCs, plot action levels, and … spice. the chapters where lor was intimate with atlas in sun queen? PBS-level content compared to the things nadir whispers to lor through this entire book.
“I just had my tongue inside you, Inmate. Didn’t you know that Fae are very territorial?”
BRB, I NEED 42 COLD SHOWERS.
alexa, play 'talk' by hozier. it’s truly so hot, and there are so many highlights in my kindle in this book alone that i’ll have to continually revisit during the interminably long wait for book 3 to drop.
beyond the spice, the plot slows down a little bit in this one — no hunger-games-level battle royale, but plenty of secret spy surveillance missions, hunting for treasures, historical secrets unraveling paralleling the plotline between lor and nadir, and tension up to your eyeballs. and while i loved every second of this (and devoured it 24 hours from it arriving onto my kindle), the only thing i wish we had more of was the more overt danger that we experienced in sun queen. though the stakes are no less dire for lor in aurora king, i missed that fighting-for-my-life, eat-or-be-eaten energy of sun queen. aurora king tends toward the more slow-burn, lie-low kind of tension that makes my heart race in uncomfortable ways. though it makes for an excellent plot device, my stress and frustration levels were through the roof. discretion and keeping a cool head were not traits lor fostered in the torture chambers of nostraza, and seeing her (and nadir!) almost blow their cover repeatedly had me nervously clutching at my blanket.
one of the greatest things about this installment is that we get to see a new side of lor. is she still the feral, feisty creature hellbent on survival? absolutely — but witnessing her stepping into herself, into her own power, and into her destiny is lovely to read. who is lor when she’s not just surviving? who could she become?
“I am not his conquest. I am not his to claim. I’m not part of their royal line. I have my own family. And I am my own fucking castle.”
MY QUEEN. MY QUEEN. in addition to giving notoriously ruin-his-life-forever grade A blowjobs, she’s an unapologetic BADASS. we stan.
i loved this, and am so, so grateful to have been selected for the ARC because i think waiting until april for this would have killed me. if you like spicy, genuine enemies to lovers fantasy romance — quick, read trial of the sun queen before rule of the aurora king releases on april 6, so you too can writhe with glee, lust, excitement, and panic for 24 straight hours.
June 13, 2024
4.75 ★'s
This is probably one of the best enemies to lovers slowburns I've ever read.🖤
Their tension, the bickering, their hatred and conflicting emotions towards one another, the spice, the banter, them getting to know each other. It's everything, I want it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Please and thank you.
This book was very character and relationship driven, and it was done 100% right. We had reunions that brought me to tears, such stunning character development in our mc's.
It also brought a lot of backstory, partly to the main characters but also to the world as a whole.
I love the fact that these main characters are imperfect and hearing more of their backstories just opened up my heart for them even more. ❤️
I did also appreciate hearing more of the circumstances of Ouranos; previous alliances, agreements, stakeholders, hearing how things led up to this point. It was however the one part of this book that I felt was a bit tedious at times, but it's a necessary "evil" as it provides insights that the mc's don't have and sets up a very interesting contrast between the then and now.
I did also enjoy the writing (even if it had a "yah" or 7 too many - seriously, why not just write "yeah"??😭), just like in the first book it felt very inclusive and it makes it very easy to empathise with the characters. Very excited to continue on with the next one, cannot recommend this more.<3
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Pre-read:
I'm probably just gonna make it a few chapters before I fall asleep, but I have to start this now.
(yes, my sleep schedule is wack - I 100% blame it on books)
This is probably one of the best enemies to lovers slowburns I've ever read.🖤
Their tension, the bickering, their hatred and conflicting emotions towards one another, the spice, the banter, them getting to know each other. It's everything, I want it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Please and thank you.
This book was very character and relationship driven, and it was done 100% right. We had reunions that brought me to tears, such stunning character development in our mc's.
It also brought a lot of backstory, partly to the main characters but also to the world as a whole.
I love the fact that these main characters are imperfect and hearing more of their backstories just opened up my heart for them even more. ❤️
I did also appreciate hearing more of the circumstances of Ouranos; previous alliances, agreements, stakeholders, hearing how things led up to this point. It was however the one part of this book that I felt was a bit tedious at times, but it's a necessary "evil" as it provides insights that the mc's don't have and sets up a very interesting contrast between the then and now.
I did also enjoy the writing (even if it had a "yah" or 7 too many - seriously, why not just write "yeah"??😭), just like in the first book it felt very inclusive and it makes it very easy to empathise with the characters. Very excited to continue on with the next one, cannot recommend this more.<3
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Pre-read:
I'm probably just gonna make it a few chapters before I fall asleep, but I have to start this now.
(yes, my sleep schedule is wack - I 100% blame it on books)
May 6, 2023
God Lor is so fucking annoying in this one, but damn I LOVE Nadir.
April 8, 2023
Pre-ordered and wanted to love this...
Rule of the Aurora King fell prey to the trope game and the story suffered for it.
Moody possessive male love interest? Check
Touch her and die? Check
Force proximity? Check
Fake dating? Check
It seemed like the story cared more about checking these boxes than actually making sense. For example, Nadir being over the top possessive of Lor to the point of making huge scenes at the event where both characters are aiming to fly under the radar made absolutely no sense for what the character was supposedly trying to achieve. Also, calling her "inmate" and literally by her given name in front of people when nobody is supposed to know who she is?!!!
Again, no sense.
Lor revealed that the King tortured her for WEEKS and then expected her to be completely unrecognizable by him with no kind of cover ruined the whole fake dating plot because it was a comically bad idea.
The repetitive I hate him, I want him every other scene got boring quickly so that added with these poorly thought-out tropes left me skimming the final chapters just to make it through. Also, the pacing was weird between present day and flashbacks - at one point I completely forgot about the third POV and it was jarring to be thrown back into it.
I was really excited about this second installment because I thought Trials of the Sun Queen was amazing. 3 stars bc I'll probably finish the series off the strength of the first book.
Rule of the Aurora King fell prey to the trope game and the story suffered for it.
Moody possessive male love interest? Check
Touch her and die? Check
Force proximity? Check
Fake dating? Check
It seemed like the story cared more about checking these boxes than actually making sense. For example, Nadir being over the top possessive of Lor to the point of making huge scenes at the event where both characters are aiming to fly under the radar made absolutely no sense for what the character was supposedly trying to achieve. Also, calling her "inmate" and literally by her given name in front of people when nobody is supposed to know who she is?!!!
Again, no sense.
Lor revealed that the King tortured her for WEEKS and then expected her to be completely unrecognizable by him with no kind of cover ruined the whole fake dating plot because it was a comically bad idea.
The repetitive I hate him, I want him every other scene got boring quickly so that added with these poorly thought-out tropes left me skimming the final chapters just to make it through. Also, the pacing was weird between present day and flashbacks - at one point I completely forgot about the third POV and it was jarring to be thrown back into it.
I was really excited about this second installment because I thought Trials of the Sun Queen was amazing. 3 stars bc I'll probably finish the series off the strength of the first book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 30, 2024
I need book 3 now😭🫢 4.5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 23, 2023
1.5⭐️
Book 2 spoilers for character/relationship but not plot
Book 1 plot point mentioned
WELL, I didn’t expect my opinion to take such a turn seeing as I really enjoyed the first
This one took me much longer to get through, because everytime he fucking called her inmate I had to put the book down
Not cute!! I was loosing my mind at it by 40% and literally cannot believe he’s still doing it til the end
She was literally falsely imprisoned by your father?? Why the fuck is this the chosen nickname??
Add in his pro-prison rhetoric that takes him far far too long to question, where he seems to only focus on his anger that she experienced it rather than how horrific the prison is for way too late into the book, and it just made me so fucking uncomfortable. Took me out of the flow every single time.
He also seems to want a fucking medal for declaring he won’t rape her?
“I vow then to show her how sex can be with someone who doesn’t force her into it. I may be a lot of things, but I am not that kind of male. I will wait until she asks. Until she’s clear that she wants it.”
Cool thanks for waiting for consent???? And I’m supposed to fall in love with this man???
This happens over and over, both in what he says to her and in his thoughts. Re-assuring her she’s in control because of her trauma isn’t the same as this constant repeating that she gets a choice if she shags him or not. Which he also constantly vows to convince her to if she changes her mind and says no???
“And if there isn’t a chance? What if I say that was it and I’m done?”
His shoulders lift, the light in his eyes sparking. No one has ever said “no” to him, that much is obvious.
“Then I’m going to work very, very hard to convince you otherwise.”
EWWWWW. Coercion isn’t consent. Gross. I get she’s trying to tell us they’re mates with the whole completely drawn to each other despite wanting otherwise thing but the wording is just done so so so badly.
The only reason it gets a 1.5 at all is because I’m interested in the plot. Serce is also a great ruthless character, I was far more interested in her and Wolf’s timeline.
Book 2 spoilers for character/relationship but not plot
Book 1 plot point mentioned
WELL, I didn’t expect my opinion to take such a turn seeing as I really enjoyed the first
This one took me much longer to get through, because everytime he fucking called her inmate I had to put the book down
Not cute!! I was loosing my mind at it by 40% and literally cannot believe he’s still doing it til the end
She was literally falsely imprisoned by your father?? Why the fuck is this the chosen nickname??
Add in his pro-prison rhetoric that takes him far far too long to question, where he seems to only focus on his anger that she experienced it rather than how horrific the prison is for way too late into the book, and it just made me so fucking uncomfortable. Took me out of the flow every single time.
He also seems to want a fucking medal for declaring he won’t rape her?
“I vow then to show her how sex can be with someone who doesn’t force her into it. I may be a lot of things, but I am not that kind of male. I will wait until she asks. Until she’s clear that she wants it.”
Cool thanks for waiting for consent???? And I’m supposed to fall in love with this man???
This happens over and over, both in what he says to her and in his thoughts. Re-assuring her she’s in control because of her trauma isn’t the same as this constant repeating that she gets a choice if she shags him or not. Which he also constantly vows to convince her to if she changes her mind and says no???
“And if there isn’t a chance? What if I say that was it and I’m done?”
His shoulders lift, the light in his eyes sparking. No one has ever said “no” to him, that much is obvious.
“Then I’m going to work very, very hard to convince you otherwise.”
EWWWWW. Coercion isn’t consent. Gross. I get she’s trying to tell us they’re mates with the whole completely drawn to each other despite wanting otherwise thing but the wording is just done so so so badly.
The only reason it gets a 1.5 at all is because I’m interested in the plot. Serce is also a great ruthless character, I was far more interested in her and Wolf’s timeline.
April 25, 2023
Disappointing and exhausting. The vast majority of this book was spent with Lor arguing with Nadir. Repeating on a constant loop that she doesn’t like him or need him. Cut out all of that and there might not even be enough to publish as a novella.
April 18, 2023
meh
Honestly pretty disappointed ☹️. I devoured the first book, but the seconds writing was bad. There was soooo much inner monologue that sounded so cheesy and fake that it was just hard to read. Barely any descriptions of anything. Story itself was alright which
is why I gave it three stars.
Honestly pretty disappointed ☹️. I devoured the first book, but the seconds writing was bad. There was soooo much inner monologue that sounded so cheesy and fake that it was just hard to read. Barely any descriptions of anything. Story itself was alright which
is why I gave it three stars.
April 7, 2023
I really wanted to like this book. I enjoyed the first one. However, nothing happened. It was basically the two of them having the same two conversations over and over again. Total monotony. The closer I got to the end of the book, I thought surely there would be something, anything. Nope.
July 25, 2024
Update:
Ok easily one of the best romantasy books I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. The pining? The banter?? THE YEARNING?! Good god. Then you add in this incredible world with such a unique magic system?! I just. Wow. I can’t stop thinking about it. My one complaint, is I really really REALLY hate the nickname he gives her haha.
I’ll write a more coherent review later bc right now I’m just like “WTF THIS IS SO GOOD READ IT”, and while that’s obviously true, this series deserves a well thought out review lol.
Ok easily one of the best romantasy books I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. The pining? The banter?? THE YEARNING?! Good god. Then you add in this incredible world with such a unique magic system?! I just. Wow. I can’t stop thinking about it. My one complaint, is I really really REALLY hate the nickname he gives her haha.
I’ll write a more coherent review later bc right now I’m just like “WTF THIS IS SO GOOD READ IT”, and while that’s obviously true, this series deserves a well thought out review lol.
July 28, 2024
3.5? ⭐️ I can’t lie I think book 1 was more entertaining. This one was definitely more character driven and I was wanting more plot. I have a feeling book 3 will pick back up after how we ended things
July 21, 2024
Enemies to friends with benefits to friends? NIE MOGĘ Z TEGO BINGO
W końcu, gdy bohater mówi "jesteś moja", ona potrafi powiedzieć "nie".
W końcu, gdy bohater mówi "jesteś moja", ona potrafi powiedzieć "nie".
March 13, 2023
This book saved me from a reading slump. But now I fear I’m going to be in a book hangover…I loved every second of this installment. This book continues right where we left off after Trials of the Sun Queen. I love how strong and fierce Lor is, even after all the horrible things she has been through. She is 100% unapologetically herself. She may be impulsive and rash at times, but she isn’t stupid about it. And Nadir!! He is a cinnamon roll at heart. Even if he can be a territorial Fae asshole 😂 we love him for it. There’s forced proximity, one bed, touch her and die, fated mates, sibling bonds, flash backs, and so many other top tier tropes that fit seamlessly into the story. That cliffhanger though 😒 Nisha is trying to torture us. Thank you to Nisha for the earc. I will be impatiently waiting for book 3.
February 28, 2024
3.5⭐️
I’m exited to see where the next book goes. There was one pov I hated and it took all my energy to get through it but I think it was a need for the story.
It also felt a bit repetitive at times but it was a fun read with some spice🌶️
I’m exited to see where the next book goes. There was one pov I hated and it took all my energy to get through it but I think it was a need for the story.
It also felt a bit repetitive at times but it was a fun read with some spice🌶️
April 10, 2023
i’m disappointed. this book was definitely better than the first one. the chemistry between mmc and fmc was there and it was good until it wasn’t but about that later. i won’t continue the series bc my eyes are hurting from all eyerolling. 🙄🙄🙄
wanted to cry when there was a new pov. 😭😭😭 it ruined TOG and CC for me. also the time jump was in the new pov… i didn’t care what this new old character did 286 years ago, why couldn’t it be some story in a book? or someone’s memory of them?
fine, i appreciated serce just bc she wasn’t cowering before atlas.
bad points for serce.
the only thing i liked about serce at the end was her love for wolf. they were wonderful together. i wished the fmc lor was like serce in this department.
at the beginning nadir was acting like an immature child. no wonder he was only a prince. at least atlas was already a king. every male in this series had some pathetic excuse for his behavior. in the last book it was like “because atlas is just a male and can’t control his urges”.🙄🙄🙄
i thought they were too careless coming to aurora under king’s nose. it was going to backfire eventually.and it did.
i liked the tension and chemistry, it was definitely better than the first book. but midway the book i wished they fucked already. enough was enough.they didn’t fuck.
what the fuck was that at a party with vale? all the progress between nadir and lor gone. so disappointing. i decided i hate when main characters decide to “break up”. couldn’t they see they were stronger together? fmc flipped out about nadir’s possessiveness and his careless comment about her being whore which he apologized for later..? that’s all or did i miss something? bc in my opinion fmc made a bigger deal about it than it really was.
at one point i wanted to smack fmc. she ruined the romantic plot for me. she was a crybaby about everything else. the plot was okay but the heroine annoyed me.
i thought they picked terrible time and place to have sexthey didn’t have sex for the first time. they found the crown so there obviously appeared some shift in magic and everyone felt it. didn’t they understand the danger or that they should get out of the location quickly?? i wasn’t surprised when the aurora king showed up.
so what happened in this book? fmc reunited with her siblings and they found the crown. that’s all. 🤡🤡🤡 nothing happened in romantic arc bc fmc ruined everything just bc some ancient artifact told her “that it will ruin her”. what was the point of this book? there was no climax. no returning of her power or glorious smut scenes. at one point i began to pity mmc bc he deserved better.
wanted to cry when there was a new pov. 😭😭😭 it ruined TOG and CC for me. also the time jump was in the new pov… i didn’t care what this new old character did 286 years ago, why couldn’t it be some story in a book? or someone’s memory of them?
fine, i appreciated serce just bc she wasn’t cowering before atlas.
“If he proved worthy, she might even allow him to join her from time to time.”
bad points for serce.
“she’d never looked closely enough to understand the differences between the low fae’s various species.”
the only thing i liked about serce at the end was her love for wolf. they were wonderful together. i wished the fmc lor was like serce in this department.
at the beginning nadir was acting like an immature child. no wonder he was only a prince. at least atlas was already a king. every male in this series had some pathetic excuse for his behavior. in the last book it was like “because atlas is just a male and can’t control his urges”.🙄🙄🙄
“I know Nadir can come off as…abrasive,” Amya says. “But it’s just because he feels so much. It’s hard for him to be casual about anything.”
i thought they were too careless coming to aurora under king’s nose. it was going to backfire eventually.
i liked the tension and chemistry, it was definitely better than the first book. but midway the book i wished they fucked already. enough was enough.
what the fuck was that at a party with vale? all the progress between nadir and lor gone. so disappointing. i decided i hate when main characters decide to “break up”. couldn’t they see they were stronger together? fmc flipped out about nadir’s possessiveness and his careless comment about her being whore which he apologized for later..? that’s all or did i miss something? bc in my opinion fmc made a bigger deal about it than it really was.
at one point i wanted to smack fmc. she ruined the romantic plot for me. she was a crybaby about everything else. the plot was okay but the heroine annoyed me.
i thought they picked terrible time and place to have sex
so what happened in this book? fmc reunited with her siblings and they found the crown. that’s all. 🤡🤡🤡 nothing happened in romantic arc bc fmc ruined everything just bc some ancient artifact told her “that it will ruin her”. what was the point of this book? there was no climax. no returning of her power or glorious smut scenes. at one point i began to pity mmc bc he deserved better.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 26, 2023
This series was just what I was looking for when I started the first book.
I liked this book even more than book 1, and I'm completely hooked on the story now. This book contains great information from what happened in the passed which I thought was a nice touch and gives you a better idea of why the characters in book one suffered so greatly why still holding on to there secrets.
So now just have to wait till next year for book 3 😭
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I liked this book even more than book 1, and I'm completely hooked on the story now. This book contains great information from what happened in the passed which I thought was a nice touch and gives you a better idea of why the characters in book one suffered so greatly why still holding on to there secrets.
So now just have to wait till next year for book 3 😭
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May 29, 2023
this book is an acomaf wannabe flop which is disappointing because i saw the potential in the first book i really did!
his cute quirky nickname for her is inmate. a girl who was falsely imprisoned and tortured by his father at age 12. he also calls her this nickname IN FRONT OF PEOPLE? when they aren’t supposed to know her identity? bffr
the way he was pro prison was so icky and rather than giving a single shit about how horrible their prison system is, he only decided that maybe prison bad is because of how the prison treated HER
the whole story is trying to convince you that he may be dark and broody but he deserves to be king but this man is so self-righteous he thinks he deserves a fucking award for not raping her ????
“i vow to show her how sex can be with someone who won’t force her into it. i may be a lot of things, but i am not that kind of male. i will wait until she asks. until she’s clear she wants it.”
and then he goes on to say later that he’s going to convince her that she wants to have sex with him. congrats king you’re really nailing this whole upstanding morality thing 😍😍😍
the “steam” in this book felt so forced the mates trope was not troping the way it should have! very clunky and poorly written build up im so tired of the “i hate him” “i want him” every other sentence !!!
his cute quirky nickname for her is inmate. a girl who was falsely imprisoned and tortured by his father at age 12. he also calls her this nickname IN FRONT OF PEOPLE? when they aren’t supposed to know her identity? bffr
the way he was pro prison was so icky and rather than giving a single shit about how horrible their prison system is, he only decided that maybe prison bad is because of how the prison treated HER
the whole story is trying to convince you that he may be dark and broody but he deserves to be king but this man is so self-righteous he thinks he deserves a fucking award for not raping her ????
“i vow to show her how sex can be with someone who won’t force her into it. i may be a lot of things, but i am not that kind of male. i will wait until she asks. until she’s clear she wants it.”
and then he goes on to say later that he’s going to convince her that she wants to have sex with him. congrats king you’re really nailing this whole upstanding morality thing 😍😍😍
the “steam” in this book felt so forced the mates trope was not troping the way it should have! very clunky and poorly written build up im so tired of the “i hate him” “i want him” every other sentence !!!
April 22, 2023
Dnf @74%
I simply can't read on.
Book 1 was fun, okay?
There were many flaws, but I overlooked them for the sake of the plot... but book 2?
Absolute cringe.
So many things just didn't make sense, and the dynamic between Nadir and Lor was so bad. SO BAD.
I'm so sorry, but just no.
I simply can't read on.
Book 1 was fun, okay?
There were many flaws, but I overlooked them for the sake of the plot... but book 2?
Absolute cringe.
So many things just didn't make sense, and the dynamic between Nadir and Lor was so bad. SO BAD.
I'm so sorry, but just no.
July 7, 2024
3,5⭐️
Comme le premier tome, j’ai bien aimé l’intrigue, les enjeux, les personnages… et l’univers dans lequel on évolue est intéressant. Par contre on avance très lentement dans l’histoire et même si je comprends la tension que l’autrice crée autour de la relation entre ses personnages et la « révélation » qu’elle veut faire (c’est assez prévisible en fait), les allusions et les scènes sexuelles sont trop présentes à mon goût 😅 ça reste une bonne saga de romantasy assez spicy et je lirai la suite avec plaisir !
Comme le premier tome, j’ai bien aimé l’intrigue, les enjeux, les personnages… et l’univers dans lequel on évolue est intéressant. Par contre on avance très lentement dans l’histoire et même si je comprends la tension que l’autrice crée autour de la relation entre ses personnages et la « révélation » qu’elle veut faire (c’est assez prévisible en fait), les allusions et les scènes sexuelles sont trop présentes à mon goût 😅 ça reste une bonne saga de romantasy assez spicy et je lirai la suite avec plaisir !
July 4, 2024
4,5 Sterne
Ich weiß gar nicht ob mir das Buch besser gefallen hat als der erste Band. Eigentlich fand ich beide gleich super. Während in Band 1 mehr passiert ist und es generell ein wenig actionreicher war, haben wir hier in Band 2 mehr Charakterentwicklung und Spice bekommen.
Ja ich verstehe warum einige hier von einem "Abklatsch" von ACoTaR sprechen. Allerdings muss ich sagen, dass man auch nicht immer das Rad komplett neu erfinden kann. Und nur weil sich hier ein Aspekt sehr ähnelt, halte ich die Reihe noch lange nicht für einen Abklatsch, denn die Autorin hat es dennoch geschafft etwas ganz eigenes zu erschaffen, zumindest in meinen Augen.
Die Reihe ist bisher für mich wirklich eine positive Überraschung und ein Highlight. Vor allem Lor hat bisher schon eine gute Entwicklung durchgemacht und auch Nadir steht ihr da kaum in etwas nach. Die beiden zusammen sind für mich pures Dynamit und I LOVE IT! Auch, dass wir als Leser vereinzelt Kapitel aus sowohl Nadirs POV als auch aus der Vergangenheit bekommen fand ich hier super spannend und bereichernd! Ich bin so gespannt wie es im nächsten Teil weitergeht mit der Geschichte und kann es kaum erwarten! :)
Ich weiß gar nicht ob mir das Buch besser gefallen hat als der erste Band. Eigentlich fand ich beide gleich super. Während in Band 1 mehr passiert ist und es generell ein wenig actionreicher war, haben wir hier in Band 2 mehr Charakterentwicklung und Spice bekommen.
Ja ich verstehe warum einige hier von einem "Abklatsch" von ACoTaR sprechen. Allerdings muss ich sagen, dass man auch nicht immer das Rad komplett neu erfinden kann. Und nur weil sich hier ein Aspekt sehr ähnelt, halte ich die Reihe noch lange nicht für einen Abklatsch, denn die Autorin hat es dennoch geschafft etwas ganz eigenes zu erschaffen, zumindest in meinen Augen.
Die Reihe ist bisher für mich wirklich eine positive Überraschung und ein Highlight. Vor allem Lor hat bisher schon eine gute Entwicklung durchgemacht und auch Nadir steht ihr da kaum in etwas nach. Die beiden zusammen sind für mich pures Dynamit und I LOVE IT! Auch, dass wir als Leser vereinzelt Kapitel aus sowohl Nadirs POV als auch aus der Vergangenheit bekommen fand ich hier super spannend und bereichernd! Ich bin so gespannt wie es im nächsten Teil weitergeht mit der Geschichte und kann es kaum erwarten! :)
March 24, 2023
“I'm going to kill you.”
“I can't wait to see you try.” 😈
Plot 4.5/5⭐️
Spice 3.5/5🌶️
Vibes 5/5👏🏻
Dual 1st person POV
Book 1: Trial of the Sun Queen review - 4.5⭐️
Tropes: new adult/adult fantasy, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, one bed, kidnapper/captive, hidden identity/powers, and OPEN DOOR SPICE 😏
You guyssss, this just keeps getting better and better!! I am obsessed with Lor and Nadir. Their banter and tension and draw towards each other is making me feel some type of way 🥵 In this sequel, they find they share similar end-goals and start to work together, but not before Nadir imprisons her in his manor for a few weeks ;) I'm going feral for his "I don't want to want her but I HAVE to have her" attitude and how he's trying but utterly failing to resist her... until, of course, he doesn't 😉 The spice is kicked up a ton in this one and I'm loving every minute.
“Now we're even.”
“We are not even. We’re not even until I make you come at least five times to my one. Spread your thighs, and I’ll make you come so hard and so often you won’t remember your name.”
The worldbuilding also continues to develop and we get some chapters from before the Queendom of Heart crumbled. Wolf is 🥵🥵🥵 and while Serce definitely has her issues and despite knowing that they're doomed to die, I still find myself rooting for them and I'm going to be crushed when we find out what really happened all those years ago. And while Lor starts to piece together what happened almost 3 centuries ago, she is also working towards unlocking her own power and finding her inner strength to take back her Queendom. And I'm here for it.
The royal family wears black. Nadir’s companions wear black. But I am not his conquest. I am not his to claim. I’m not part of their royal line. I have my own family. And I am my own fucking castle.
This releases on April 6th and will be on KU (just like book 1) and ends on a mild cliffhanger (very mild, more like a "to be continued" - don't let it scare you away from reading). But you should absolutely be reading this series!!!
“He knows better than to touch the prince’s plaything.”
“Are you my plaything, too, then?”
“I’m whatever you want me to be.” 🥵🔥
*ARC received for honest review*
“I can't wait to see you try.” 😈
Plot 4.5/5⭐️
Spice 3.5/5🌶️
Vibes 5/5👏🏻
Dual 1st person POV
Book 1: Trial of the Sun Queen review - 4.5⭐️
Tropes: new adult/adult fantasy, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, one bed, kidnapper/captive, hidden identity/powers, and OPEN DOOR SPICE 😏
You guyssss, this just keeps getting better and better!! I am obsessed with Lor and Nadir. Their banter and tension and draw towards each other is making me feel some type of way 🥵 In this sequel, they find they share similar end-goals and start to work together, but not before Nadir imprisons her in his manor for a few weeks ;) I'm going feral for his "I don't want to want her but I HAVE to have her" attitude and how he's trying but utterly failing to resist her... until, of course, he doesn't 😉 The spice is kicked up a ton in this one and I'm loving every minute.
“Now we're even.”
“We are not even. We’re not even until I make you come at least five times to my one. Spread your thighs, and I’ll make you come so hard and so often you won’t remember your name.”
The worldbuilding also continues to develop and we get some chapters from before the Queendom of Heart crumbled. Wolf is 🥵🥵🥵 and while Serce definitely has her issues and despite knowing that they're doomed to die, I still find myself rooting for them and I'm going to be crushed when we find out what really happened all those years ago. And while Lor starts to piece together what happened almost 3 centuries ago, she is also working towards unlocking her own power and finding her inner strength to take back her Queendom. And I'm here for it.
The royal family wears black. Nadir’s companions wear black. But I am not his conquest. I am not his to claim. I’m not part of their royal line. I have my own family. And I am my own fucking castle.
This releases on April 6th and will be on KU (just like book 1) and ends on a mild cliffhanger (very mild, more like a "to be continued" - don't let it scare you away from reading). But you should absolutely be reading this series!!!
“He knows better than to touch the prince’s plaything.”
“Are you my plaything, too, then?”
“I’m whatever you want me to be.” 🥵🔥
*ARC received for honest review*
June 6, 2023
This book was EVEN BETTER than book 1 if that is even possible. This series is perfect for fans of the plated prisoner series! This is a dark fae fantasy
romance that follows the story of an imprisoned woman who longs to escape her cage 🔥 it has everything! A fast placed plot with high stakes, lush worldbuilding, a slowburn enemies to lovers romance and deadly trials.
If you haven’t read book 1 watch out for spoilers below!
The sequel starts off right where we left off, with Lor being taken by the Aurora Prince. The wait for these two to clash was so so SO worth it! Their banter was perfection, their hate real. Nadir keeps Lor tucked away as he tries to discover who she is and what secrets she is hiding… but Lor will stop at nothing until she gets her siblings back. The last thing these two would ever want is to trust each other and form an alliance, but they might not have any choice in the matter as the true enemy is clever and far worse.
” Gods, when she scolds me like that, I want to kiss her. Partly to shut her up, but mostly to feel those lips against mine and bask in that savage anger as I tear off her clothes …”
I love their strong family ties so I was delighted when Willow and Tristan come back in the story. We also get to see more of Amya and Mael whom I adore. There are so many tropes included that I love like: fake dating (YESS!), possessive alpha male, fierce and mouthy FMC, one horse ride… 👀 seriously please pick up this series.
Thank you to the author for gifting me a copy for review!
romance that follows the story of an imprisoned woman who longs to escape her cage 🔥 it has everything! A fast placed plot with high stakes, lush worldbuilding, a slowburn enemies to lovers romance and deadly trials.
If you haven’t read book 1 watch out for spoilers below!
The sequel starts off right where we left off, with Lor being taken by the Aurora Prince. The wait for these two to clash was so so SO worth it! Their banter was perfection, their hate real. Nadir keeps Lor tucked away as he tries to discover who she is and what secrets she is hiding… but Lor will stop at nothing until she gets her siblings back. The last thing these two would ever want is to trust each other and form an alliance, but they might not have any choice in the matter as the true enemy is clever and far worse.
” Gods, when she scolds me like that, I want to kiss her. Partly to shut her up, but mostly to feel those lips against mine and bask in that savage anger as I tear off her clothes …”
I love their strong family ties so I was delighted when Willow and Tristan come back in the story. We also get to see more of Amya and Mael whom I adore. There are so many tropes included that I love like: fake dating (YESS!), possessive alpha male, fierce and mouthy FMC, one horse ride… 👀 seriously please pick up this series.
Thank you to the author for gifting me a copy for review!
December 16, 2023
6 stars⭐️!! A-MA-ZING!!! seriously one of my new favourite books! this book had so much ✨tension✨ and angst and longing and just ARGH🤌🏼😍🤭 this book/series consists of SO many things I absolutely looove in books! i ate this up!! it made me giggle and blush and kick my feet - sometimes I also wanted to kick the book, but like in a good way, ya know? Nadir and Lor are so so good together!🧎♀️ I love that we get both of their POVs and that we know how they feel about/around each other when they don’t! i really wish i could jump into the book and yell at them to just talk about everything, but patience is key and I know we will get rewarded🤌🏼
besides the romance/tension being top tier imo, the story is also soo interesting and captivating and I love the flashbacks! so many secrets and information are being revealed and my eyes are glued to the screen!👁📱👁 Lor is a certified baddie!💅🏼
basically just go read this book/series now!! I want, no NEEDED the next book yesterday! like gimme gimme!!
if you, mastermind Nisha J. Tuli , by any chance see this: if you send out ARCs for the next book PRETTY PLEASE put me on the list! I will gladly talk about your book on my tiktok @victoriawerngreen!!😍
besides the romance/tension being top tier imo, the story is also soo interesting and captivating and I love the flashbacks! so many secrets and information are being revealed and my eyes are glued to the screen!👁📱👁 Lor is a certified baddie!💅🏼
basically just go read this book/series now!! I want, no NEEDED the next book yesterday! like gimme gimme!!
if you, mastermind Nisha J. Tuli , by any chance see this: if you send out ARCs for the next book PRETTY PLEASE put me on the list! I will gladly talk about your book on my tiktok @victoriawerngreen!!😍
September 1, 2024
4.5 🌟 I am so obsessed with this series. The writing, the pacing, the action, the drama, the ROMANCE. I literally don’t care that it’s the slightest bit predictable bc it’s such a good time. I’m constantly entertained and wanting more. I loved the direction this book went and was literally feral over the romance. I love all of the characters and how we got a dual timeline in this book. The found family slowly started to build up in this book and I LOVED it. Cannot wait for the next 2 books 🕺
April 30, 2024
DNF à 72%, Nadir #enfoiré a dit la phrase de trop. C’est ciao
On aurait pas pu avoir Gabriel plutôt ??? Je suis sûre il aurait été mieux mdrr. Snifff le tome 1 était si prometteur 😭😭😭
On aurait pas pu avoir Gabriel plutôt ??? Je suis sûre il aurait été mieux mdrr. Snifff le tome 1 était si prometteur 😭😭😭
April 20, 2023
Mmmm...
It was a lack of good decision-making for me.
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Again, in this instalment, there were nuggets of goodness woven into the premise. For me, those glimpses never came to fruition and ultimately this fell flat.
It was a lack of good decision-making for me.
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Again, in this instalment, there were nuggets of goodness woven into the premise. For me, those glimpses never came to fruition and ultimately this fell flat.
March 30, 2024
When I finished the first book, I knew that the second will deliver and so it did! I couldn’t stop reading and loved everything about it. Can’t wait for the next book!
September 8, 2024
Ich war sehr gespannt wie es weiter geht und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht. Ich mag die Reihe wirklich gerne, auch wenn sich in diesem Band das ganze etwas gezogen hat. Trotzdem war ich einfach wieder total bei den Charakteren, ich mochte sogar die Tension zwischen Lor und dem Aurora Prinzen und es gab auch spannende Szenen. Die Rückblenden in die Vergangenheit mochte ich auch sehr. Ich bin gespannt auf Band 3.
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