Our Vicious Oaths by N.E. DavenportMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 Stars
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3 Spice
Well, tickle me impressed I wasn’t sure about this book going into it. I honestly don’t even remember when I bought it or how it ended up on my shelf, but I grabbed it on a whim and gave it a go.
I am a huge fan of strong female leads. I love books where the FMC isn’t some weak, mild-mannered mouse… unless she later learns to roar. And this book gives you a strong lead right from the start. Even with all that power and fire, she’s still stuck in a kingdom where women are treated as little more than wives, baby-makers, or bargaining chips between kingdoms.
What I really loved about her is that she never stops being strong. She doesn’t just roll over and let others decide things for her. She wants to do the right thing for her people, even when it’s hard, and she wants to protect the people she loves and that was a massive plus for me.
I also really enjoyed the general storyline. I liked that the author didn’t just sprinkle in tiny bits of plot between walls of spice. There was a solid story running through the book, and I felt like the balance between story and spice was pretty good.
Now let’s talk about the men… because honestly? I really, really hated a lot of them. Mostly because of how they behaved and how they saw women. Thankfully, the ones I hated the most weren’t shoved in my face nonstop, so I wasn’t raging the entire time and that ending made me pretty happy.
As for the male lead, sometimes I understood him… and other times I just wanted to hit him upside the head. It was kind of a coin toss with him. I did find him interesting as a character he had a solid foundation and really loved his family but, as my gran would say, an eye for an eye makes everyone blind. Still, I liked watching him grow over the course of the book, and by the end, I was pretty satisfied with where he landed.
I also loved that this is a standalone. I got a full story with a proper ending, which always makes me happy.
If you’re looking for something that burns super hot spice-wise, this might not fully hit for you. There is a lot of spice, don’t get me wrong, but because it starts pretty early and keeps going, I think I got a bit desensitized to it. Overall, it just didn’t hit me the same way other spicy books have.
So why not 5 stars?
Honestly, because at times I felt my mind drifting, and I really wished the book leaned just a little more into the story. There were also a few things in the book I didn’t love being there at all.
Still, overall, it was a really enjoyable read.
What I Liked:
Strong female lead
KONGAMATOS — so awesome, I really wish there had been more of them
What Didn’t Work for Me:
Needed more story
The spice felt a bit lackluster for me
Would I Recommend This Book?
Yes, I would.
Would I Reread?
I think so.
How I’d Sum It Up:
A spicy, action-filled fantasy with a strong female lead.
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