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King of the Unsightly by Belle Briar
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
𝑺𝒐, π’•π’˜π’ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’„π’‰ π’π’‚π’…π’Šπ’†π’”, π’•π’‚π’π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’„π’“π’π’˜π’”, π’”π’π’Žπ’† π‘³π’†π’ˆπ’π’π’‚π’”- π’π’π’π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’π’•π’‰π’†π’“π’‡π’–π’„π’Œπ’†π’“, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’π’π’˜ π’‘π’Šπ’™π’Šπ’† 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔?

Infinity. I read all 304 pages of this book in one sitting. If I could erase my mind to read it for the first time again, I would! King of the Unsightly has all the banter, a snarky af FMC (Adeline) that I completely loved and vibed with from the beginning, an animal companion (πŸ¦β€β¬›) and SUCH a broody MMC 😍

𝑰𝒕 π’Žπ’‚π’…π’† π’Žπ’† π’˜π’π’π’…π’†π’“, π’‰π’π’˜ π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’” π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’–π’„π’Œ 𝒖𝒑 π’Žπ’š π’†π’Žπ’π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž π’…π’π’˜π’ π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’ˆπ’‚π’‘π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 π’Žπ’š 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕?

I was completely in the whole "wtf is going on" πŸ˜‚ I wanted answers just as bad as Addy and I could of strangled a few people with her. I hope in the next book, we get more of a look as the side characters. Especially Rysa and Levisus, I really loved themπŸ–€

𝑨 π’ˆπ’π’… 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‚π’“ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’‚π’π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’•π’š π’“π’†π’‚π’…π’š 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’†π’”π’•π’“π’π’š π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’ π’‰π’Šπ’” π’˜π’‚π’Œπ’† ... 𝑰 π’Œπ’π’†π’˜ 𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒍 π’—π’†π’π’π’Ž π’”π’π’π’˜π’π’š π’‘π’π’Šπ’”π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅.

I feel a lot of development coming in the next book because while the world was introduced in a way that was super easy to grasp, not a lot was explained. There were so many different creatures! And the Grigs? I need to know what that's all about! This set the rest of the series up soooo well. Literally anything could happen at this point and I'm DYING waiting a whole year for the next book😭

β€œπ‘°β€™π’Ž 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑰 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 π’“π’Šπ’…π’† π’Žπ’†, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π‘°β€™π’Ž 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’†π’π’•π’Šπ’“π’†π’π’š π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’π’”π’• π’Šπ’•.”

Okay, so Kaschal. Our faery πŸ§šπŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜‚ He's broody, sarcastic, and we love him. Addy & him are 🀌🏻 The banter and sarcastic back and forth between them had me howling, even in the life or death situations. They're so good together and the end with them? πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή Mr. "I keep my promises" πŸ€­πŸ–€

𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’‚π’Šπ’ π’•π’˜π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’… π’Žπ’† π’Šπ’π’•π’ 𝒂 π’ƒπ’“π’π’Œπ’†π’ π’Žπ’‚π’“π’Šπ’π’π’†π’•π’•π’† 𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒍 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’π’π’π’š 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’†π’Žπ’π’•π’Šπ’π’. π‘Ήπ’‚π’ˆπ’†, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’• π’Žπ’‚π’…π’† π’Žπ’† π’‰π’–π’π’ˆπ’“π’š.

The ending is a HUGE cliffhanger! My jaw was dropped, unhinged like that Banshee's and I still haven't recovered. It has taken me 2 hours to figure out how to form words for my review. I just can't. My HEART 😭🫠 I need to talk theories because there were little breadcrumbs throughout this whole book and I'm HERE FOR ITπŸ‘€ I'm rambling at this point, but I need yall to read this. Preorder it, wait until release day, just- it's an obsession at this point, okay?πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈβ€οΈβ€πŸ”₯