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The King's Codex
When Rowen Hollows discovers an abandoned bookstore in the forgotten town of Quillmere, he steps into a realm of living stories, sealed wings, and monster women bound to ancient tomes.
To awaken the magic of the Inkwell Vale, Rowen must earn their trust and face the forbidden truth of the story he once tried to forget.
But some books remember everything.
And some stories refuse to end.
To awaken the magic of the Inkwell Vale, Rowen must earn their trust and face the forbidden truth of the story he once tried to forget.
But some books remember everything.
And some stories refuse to end.
262 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 22, 2025
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December 10, 2025
I picked up The King's Codex after browsing the r/Romance_for_men subreddit and seeing Eden Redd was a commenter. Figuring I would support a fellow indie author and try something new, I grabbed one of her latest books. To date, Eden Redd has 109 titles on Amazon, so I figured I was in safe hands despite her being self-published.
I DNF'ed at 15% (chapter 5) because I found myself playing an editor instead of a reader. Eden if you would like to see the 30 edit suggestions, I've made them public for you.
I would have probably enjoyed reading a story about a man, lost and aimless, repairing a haunted bookstore. Perhaps I will, after Eden has given this book a second or third pass to clean up the typos and odd grammar.
I DNF'ed at 15% (chapter 5) because I found myself playing an editor instead of a reader. Eden if you would like to see the 30 edit suggestions, I've made them public for you.
I would have probably enjoyed reading a story about a man, lost and aimless, repairing a haunted bookstore. Perhaps I will, after Eden has given this book a second or third pass to clean up the typos and odd grammar.
July 30, 2025
A decent read.
I enjoyed reading this book. It was fun and engaging. The story and characters were interesting and entertaining. I'm curious to see what happens next. This book is worth checking out.
I enjoyed reading this book. It was fun and engaging. The story and characters were interesting and entertaining. I'm curious to see what happens next. This book is worth checking out.
June 30, 2025
I have read multiple books/series by the author, and enjoyed them. This book was a dud, and I DNF at page 116, right after the first sex scene.
The MC is an exiled scribe that stumbles down a road in a major rain storm, and breaks into an abandoned building for shelter. The building is a library of sorts, and it decides to make him its "king" of sorts. And as a potential king, he has to overcome tests which will unlock more things. That includes 7 consorts that will be his lover is he can unlock them. So he is basically told up front he'll end up with 7 women.
What is an exiled scribe, you wonder? Well, that explanation starts on page 98. And as it turns out, it's a garbage thing that made me shake my head after all the buildup as to why he's supposed to be shunned.
The first lover is a dragon woman. She's just ok to me. She was the woman in the lone sex scene I read, and that was underwhelming to say the least. The author got fixated on the word "moan" during it, and some variation of moan was used 16 times in the 5 page scene. It was really distracting from the scene seeing the same word used over and over. The author has previously done a good job with sex scenes, so this was shocking. And based on the search of the book I did, the 2nd sex scene has a different woman moaning 5 times in 4 page scene, followed by the third scene (a threesome) having over 20 moans in 5 pages. That's just really bad writing.
So yeah, I dumped out of this book.
The MC is an exiled scribe that stumbles down a road in a major rain storm, and breaks into an abandoned building for shelter. The building is a library of sorts, and it decides to make him its "king" of sorts. And as a potential king, he has to overcome tests which will unlock more things. That includes 7 consorts that will be his lover is he can unlock them. So he is basically told up front he'll end up with 7 women.
What is an exiled scribe, you wonder? Well, that explanation starts on page 98. And as it turns out, it's a garbage thing that made me shake my head after all the buildup as to why he's supposed to be shunned.
The first lover is a dragon woman. She's just ok to me. She was the woman in the lone sex scene I read, and that was underwhelming to say the least. The author got fixated on the word "moan" during it, and some variation of moan was used 16 times in the 5 page scene. It was really distracting from the scene seeing the same word used over and over. The author has previously done a good job with sex scenes, so this was shocking. And based on the search of the book I did, the 2nd sex scene has a different woman moaning 5 times in 4 page scene, followed by the third scene (a threesome) having over 20 moans in 5 pages. That's just really bad writing.
So yeah, I dumped out of this book.
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