![]() Also, if I have to read one more enemies-to-lovers book where the MC has an uncontrollable physical attraction to (what is to her) a literal murderer, I'll scream. While she began the story along those lines, I became less and less convinced of her competency and intelligence as the book progressed. Secondly, she was built up (and admittedly started) as a badass vigilante character hellbent on justice for her murdered sister. Do with that what you will (again with the YA feeling). My major issue, and what caused me to DNF the book, was our main character Rory. It felt similar to when YA books come up with fake curse words to get around profanity usage (like reading Deep Blue, where badasses are bad-wrasses, a girlfriend is a merlfriend, and money is currensea). Maybe that's a niche issue only I dislike. If this was going to be contemporary fantasy, it should've just been a contemporary fantasy. It's a pet peeve of mine to see modern-day technologies and devices used in a story with a "fantasy" name slapped on to make it seem developed. The worldbuilding of this novel was interesting at times-with the different races and their connecting attributes-but much of it felt like a cheap amalgamation of fantasy and reality. The enemies turned to lovers (or at least lust-ers) far too quickly, and the badass MC seemed to have everything happening TO her but caused no change through her actions. ![]() What's not to love? The multiple POVs covered minimally developed characters, however. Multiple-POVs, enemies-to-lovers, and a badass MC. This book had so much potential to be stellar, only to worsen as the story progressed. Thank you so much to Jamie, the author, for this arc!! It’s such a wild ride. Read if you like strong morally gray women, men who simp for them, found family, forced proximity, and a hot enemies to lovers arc. ”I have been on my knees from the moment you landed in my throne room.” This book is so steamy and loved the two of them together. Caius is moody, grumpy, powerful and has shadow magic. She’s a strong morally gray ASSASSIN who finds love in the prison realm with the Umbra King. The friendships in the book are also so so amazing. This book is so unlike things I’ve read in the past! While there are some of my favorite tropes like enemies to lovers and hate to love, and my favorite mythological creatures (shifters, fae, angels, etc) the world building and magic system were so unique. While a little slow to start, I ended up loving this. Things obviously go sideways and she ends up thrown into the prison realm of Vincula and at the feet of the Umbra King, Caius. After watching her sister brutally murdered and soul stolen, she vows to avenge her and find her soul. The Umbra King follows assassin vigilante, Rory, after she is apprehended for killing 13 men. ”I would set this entire realm ablaze to keep you safe, and if you think I’m bluffing, you haven’t been paying attention.” Happy release day! I got this as an arc and I’m still thinking about it. ![]() Please check the author's website for content warnings. The Umbra King is book 1 in the Vincula Realm Duology and ends on a cliffhanger. After being locked in his own realm for a crime he didn’t commit, his only focus has been revenge.īut when Aurora drops into his throne room, representing everything he despises, they begin a game of cat and mouse, and before long, their hatred turns into something else.Ĭircumstances draw them together, but revenge might tear them apart. She never gave up her search for the man who killed her sister, but when she is convicted of thirteen murders and sentenced to five-hundred years in Vincula, the prison realm, she knows her sister’s death will never be avenged.Īfter arriving in Vincula, Aurora discovers her opportunity for retribution is closer than she thought.Ĭaius is the notorious Umbra King, ruler of Vincula, King of the Monsters, and the thing nightmares are made of. They want retribution.Īfter the brutal murder of her twin sister, Aurora “Rory” Raven spends years forging herself into a ruthless vigilante killer.
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