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Our Vicious Oaths by N.E. Davenport
5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Our Vicious Oaths promised a lot and delivered so much more than I expected. The author Nia Davenport, said this was a dark romance, with diverse characters, written from her soul. And what we got was a deeply enthralling romantasy, with an unforgettable enemies to lovers trope, and so much spice I am still blushing a day after finishing.

From the opening page we are taken to a faraway fae land and we meet our FMC Kadeesha, and we get to see her personality and her determination to be her own person. She is not alone, and we are introduced to a feisty found family made up of equally skilled and strong female warriors, as well as their partner creatures. 
The world building takes you in immediately. We have prophecies, we have warring lands, and a looming war. What more could you ask for right?

Well we get that extra zing, when our MMC enters the story. And boy oh boy when we meet Malachi, things get rowdy! A massive warrior, with locs, and a GRILL!!! He is sexy, snarky, and sneaky!

The story then swirls completely upside down and as a reader I was hooked.
This book had me stressed and tense. I kept having to take deep breaths and to keep reminding myself that this was a book not real life...I was that embedded and invested in this story. A true testament to this author's skill set. 
Nia Davenport writes in a way that imprints her characters on your soul. Malachi and Kadeesha were wholesome in their flaws. You felt for them. You felt their pain. Their struggles. And their drive to overcome it all, not just for their own good but for those they swore to protect.

Ms Nia did not come to play in this book. She came to snatch your feelings, your thoughts, your time, and everything you thought you knew about thrones!!!

And at the end of it all, readers will be left gasping for breath and overwhelmed with the rightness of a story well crafted.

This book is for the dark romance book lovers, for those who truly enjoy enemies to lovers, nested within strong world building, among a found family you want to belong to.