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Knightwood Academy #3
Vicious Queen
Kidnapped… Hurt beyond anything I had ever experienced…
Lost the man I loved…
Sphotes was where I thought I flourished. I was seen as one of the smartest scientists of my time, creating advances in medicine that benefited my whole faction,the cherry on top, I was engaged to the top battle tactics male. Together we were seen as unstoppable.
Until the fire…
Until him….
I start life over in the Vriven Kingdom. A land so different from my own with traditions that I would have never known. Everything seems to go fine with the family I am with while I heal, that is until I meet this land's Queen who forces me to be a part of what I feel is archaic. The Queens Circuit. Where women fight until death and the last one standing is the new queen. I don't want any part of it, but she threatens to kill me where I stand.
My plan is to win and leave. Let the town pick the new ruler. That is until I fall in love with the four most amazing men I have ever met. Now my heart is on the line and to keep them I have to win. I have to kill the queen.
With dangers brewing and secrets being revealed, there is so much on the line including the four men I don’t think I could live without.
This is a reverse harem book connected to the Knightwood series and contains graphic sexual abuse and darker themes. The MFC does not have to choose who she wants.
Lost the man I loved…
Sphotes was where I thought I flourished. I was seen as one of the smartest scientists of my time, creating advances in medicine that benefited my whole faction,the cherry on top, I was engaged to the top battle tactics male. Together we were seen as unstoppable.
Until the fire…
Until him….
I start life over in the Vriven Kingdom. A land so different from my own with traditions that I would have never known. Everything seems to go fine with the family I am with while I heal, that is until I meet this land's Queen who forces me to be a part of what I feel is archaic. The Queens Circuit. Where women fight until death and the last one standing is the new queen. I don't want any part of it, but she threatens to kill me where I stand.
My plan is to win and leave. Let the town pick the new ruler. That is until I fall in love with the four most amazing men I have ever met. Now my heart is on the line and to keep them I have to win. I have to kill the queen.
With dangers brewing and secrets being revealed, there is so much on the line including the four men I don’t think I could live without.
This is a reverse harem book connected to the Knightwood series and contains graphic sexual abuse and darker themes. The MFC does not have to choose who she wants.
- GenresDystopia
196 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 27, 2022
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January 6, 2023
Vicious Queen
I've been waiting for this release. It's been a year since book 2, and I read a ton, so I kinda forgot how or what the "cliffhanger" was. Now that I finished Vicious Queen, I had to take a moment to read the last chapter of Fight to refresh my memories. I probably should have done that to begin with, lol. I really liked Miranda and the guys she meets. I can't wait to see how things play out and move forward.
I've been waiting for this release. It's been a year since book 2, and I read a ton, so I kinda forgot how or what the "cliffhanger" was. Now that I finished Vicious Queen, I had to take a moment to read the last chapter of Fight to refresh my memories. I probably should have done that to begin with, lol. I really liked Miranda and the guys she meets. I can't wait to see how things play out and move forward.
January 2, 2023
Needs Serious Editing
The writing is amateurish at best and the numerous spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors are distracting. These errors ruin the reading cadence because everything comes to a screeching halt when you discover yet another mistake. The author has trouble knowing when to use “too versus to”, “seen versus saw”, “then versus than”, etc. At a minimum, if the author uploaded the document and created a Google Doc, a quick spell check would have caught a significant number of these mistakes including perhaps the verb tense issues.
Not sure if English is the author’s first language. It might also be that the author dictated the story first. It could account for errors such as using the word “one” when it should have been “won”. I am not sure any editing was done at all. I read this book through KU, so I am not out any money, just time. I would be upset if I paid for it.
There are also continuity issues. For example, earlier in the book it is mentioned that one of the circuit participants will be wearing red and the others gold, but nearer the end of the book, it indicates it is actually one in white and the others in black. I only finished the book because I read the first two and was already invested in the story. It sure I will read any of the others in the series.
The writing is amateurish at best and the numerous spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors are distracting. These errors ruin the reading cadence because everything comes to a screeching halt when you discover yet another mistake. The author has trouble knowing when to use “too versus to”, “seen versus saw”, “then versus than”, etc. At a minimum, if the author uploaded the document and created a Google Doc, a quick spell check would have caught a significant number of these mistakes including perhaps the verb tense issues.
Not sure if English is the author’s first language. It might also be that the author dictated the story first. It could account for errors such as using the word “one” when it should have been “won”. I am not sure any editing was done at all. I read this book through KU, so I am not out any money, just time. I would be upset if I paid for it.
There are also continuity issues. For example, earlier in the book it is mentioned that one of the circuit participants will be wearing red and the others gold, but nearer the end of the book, it indicates it is actually one in white and the others in black. I only finished the book because I read the first two and was already invested in the story. It sure I will read any of the others in the series.
January 15, 2024
The good news is, other than another gratuitous rape on page 17, this book was actually better than the previous two. It's entirely different characters, but it's better.
The bad news is that the writing is even worse. It still reads like it was written through a dictation app with the oddest words showing up in the oddest places. The writer mixes up "to" and "too" an astounding number of times, as well as the usual stray apostrophes and missing apostrophes.
The continuity issues were completely out of control.
- a POV character has a specific thought. One page later, is surprised and argumentative when a different character says the exact same thing.
- FMC: "Call me Mira". Two pages later, her "face pales" when a different character calls her Mira because she hasn't heard the nickname spoken in so long. I won't get into how a POV character would know her face had paled, when she was nowhere near a mirror.
- Character tells FMC that he's training to become a royal guard. Three pages later: "You're trying to be a royal guard, aren't you?"
- POV character ruminates on how the FMC has been training most days with Leo. One page later, same character thinks about how Leo's mom is angry and keeping him from coming to train with them.
- FMC arrives to see all the contestants seated for dinner. On the SAME PAGE the queen says, "You are here first because I wanted to get to know you." And then a page later, the contestants, still sitting at the table, introduce themselves.
- The queen kills the contestant who was trained by the royal guards on page 165 (Kindle) and then kills the same contestant, for a second time, on page 181. No mention of zombie-ism
Don't get me started on the dialogue. FMC wakes in a strange room after being unconscious for hours. Within moments, the woman looking after her is giving her a lecture on the kingdom, the queen, and the contest held every two years to choose a queen. The girl JUST woke up. Ask how she's feeling, or check her bandages or something. World's clunkiest exposition.
The male characters are an improvement, since three out of four of them have actual personalities, vs. two in the previous book. Progress.
The bad news is that the writing is even worse. It still reads like it was written through a dictation app with the oddest words showing up in the oddest places. The writer mixes up "to" and "too" an astounding number of times, as well as the usual stray apostrophes and missing apostrophes.
The continuity issues were completely out of control.
- a POV character has a specific thought. One page later, is surprised and argumentative when a different character says the exact same thing.
- FMC: "Call me Mira". Two pages later, her "face pales" when a different character calls her Mira because she hasn't heard the nickname spoken in so long. I won't get into how a POV character would know her face had paled, when she was nowhere near a mirror.
- Character tells FMC that he's training to become a royal guard. Three pages later: "You're trying to be a royal guard, aren't you?"
- POV character ruminates on how the FMC has been training most days with Leo. One page later, same character thinks about how Leo's mom is angry and keeping him from coming to train with them.
- FMC arrives to see all the contestants seated for dinner. On the SAME PAGE the queen says, "You are here first because I wanted to get to know you." And then a page later, the contestants, still sitting at the table, introduce themselves.
- The queen kills the contestant who was trained by the royal guards on page 165 (Kindle) and then kills the same contestant, for a second time, on page 181. No mention of zombie-ism
Don't get me started on the dialogue. FMC wakes in a strange room after being unconscious for hours. Within moments, the woman looking after her is giving her a lecture on the kingdom, the queen, and the contest held every two years to choose a queen. The girl JUST woke up. Ask how she's feeling, or check her bandages or something. World's clunkiest exposition.
The male characters are an improvement, since three out of four of them have actual personalities, vs. two in the previous book. Progress.
March 4, 2023
I when I first started reading this series I didn’t know what to expect. I really enjoyed the concept of the stories the execution of them however needs work.
This book focuses on the story of Miranda (Mira). The book is about 196 pages and I wished it had about 100 pages more. I think had there been more to the story there would have been more room to flesh out parts of the story and fully develop the characters.
We meet Mira but we don’t truly get to see who she is. The same with the men in the story, Peak, Wilder, Harland, and Silvan, but we don’t really get to know who they are.
One of my favorite things about why choose is getting to see the dynamic between the characters both one on one and as a group. I feel like the author did attempt to get the reader this but never moved passed the physical.
I really would have liked to have seen more of Mira before she ended up here and more on her journey of adjusting to her new life. It felt rushed and glossed over. The same could be said for Bianca I wanted to see more from her and what she was plotting and wanting to do. It is mentioned but only in passing.
The book also contains some inconsistencies that I think could have been resolved easily with a few read throughs and edits.
Where this book stands I can’t recommend it, I know others would be caught up with some of the errors made.
Even with the 2 star rating I really did enjoy this book. I am curious to see where it is going next. I will read the next book in the series.
CW/TW: violence and SA
This book focuses on the story of Miranda (Mira). The book is about 196 pages and I wished it had about 100 pages more. I think had there been more to the story there would have been more room to flesh out parts of the story and fully develop the characters.
We meet Mira but we don’t truly get to see who she is. The same with the men in the story, Peak, Wilder, Harland, and Silvan, but we don’t really get to know who they are.
One of my favorite things about why choose is getting to see the dynamic between the characters both one on one and as a group. I feel like the author did attempt to get the reader this but never moved passed the physical.
I really would have liked to have seen more of Mira before she ended up here and more on her journey of adjusting to her new life. It felt rushed and glossed over. The same could be said for Bianca I wanted to see more from her and what she was plotting and wanting to do. It is mentioned but only in passing.
The book also contains some inconsistencies that I think could have been resolved easily with a few read throughs and edits.
Where this book stands I can’t recommend it, I know others would be caught up with some of the errors made.
Even with the 2 star rating I really did enjoy this book. I am curious to see where it is going next. I will read the next book in the series.
CW/TW: violence and SA
April 9, 2023
this reads as a first draft, not a finished product
The storyline was good enough that I pushed through all the issues, but this book was clearly published without any editing. The amount of improper and missing punctuation is through the roof! Wrong words are frequently used in sentences,(like drowned instead of droned), as well as a lot of word repetition. A lot of the sentences come off as very choppy and difficult to read. This book also doesn’t fit in with the rest of the series and should have been written as a standalone or its own series since it’s completely different characters. Even if it takes place in the knighthood world, there’s nothing else to tie it in with the other storyline. The trigger warning about detailed sexual assault was also very misleading and may keep people from reading the book, as it was a brief and very not detailed mention
The storyline was good enough that I pushed through all the issues, but this book was clearly published without any editing. The amount of improper and missing punctuation is through the roof! Wrong words are frequently used in sentences,(like drowned instead of droned), as well as a lot of word repetition. A lot of the sentences come off as very choppy and difficult to read. This book also doesn’t fit in with the rest of the series and should have been written as a standalone or its own series since it’s completely different characters. Even if it takes place in the knighthood world, there’s nothing else to tie it in with the other storyline. The trigger warning about detailed sexual assault was also very misleading and may keep people from reading the book, as it was a brief and very not detailed mention
January 10, 2023
I like this series, despite the author's grammatical and storyline issues.
They can't seem to keep the story straight from one book to another - whether it be colour of eyes of the characters or their backstories, or how the different parts of the land function. It seems to change all the time and that's frustrating.
I think they are trying to concentrate on too many storylines at ones, too many POV's and they don't keep things consistent. That's disappointing because this had a lot of potential.
There is also a large amount of time in between books and perhaps that's why they seem to forget what they've written previously.
They can't seem to keep the story straight from one book to another - whether it be colour of eyes of the characters or their backstories, or how the different parts of the land function. It seems to change all the time and that's frustrating.
I think they are trying to concentrate on too many storylines at ones, too many POV's and they don't keep things consistent. That's disappointing because this had a lot of potential.
There is also a large amount of time in between books and perhaps that's why they seem to forget what they've written previously.
September 8, 2025
Wtf was that?? I read because I wanted to know what happened from the massive cliffhanger from book 2, but it went off a massive tangent and the entire book was a different plot line! I kept reading hoping it would go back to the original plot that I invested 2 books into and it never went back. About 3/4 way through I was skimming just to see if it would return and it didn't. Overall this threw a wrench in the series, so many grammatical errors and way too many repetitive s*x scenes that just seemed unnecessary and not useful to the plot.
December 31, 2022
Good backstory
This was a really good book. I wish we could have had a little bit more from Miranda's times during the actual circuit. Maybe even a couple of chapters after she became the queen to see how she adjusted to life.
(I would have loved to see how Miranda took to learning about her abuser and how her guys dealt with it)
I also felt like this should have been a novella and not considered part of the series. Just seemed off to me.
This was a really good book. I wish we could have had a little bit more from Miranda's times during the actual circuit. Maybe even a couple of chapters after she became the queen to see how she adjusted to life.
(I would have loved to see how Miranda took to learning about her abuser and how her guys dealt with it)
I also felt like this should have been a novella and not considered part of the series. Just seemed off to me.
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February 22, 2023Needs major editing
Great storyline but very inconsistent with the information from the previous book. Also huge amount of spelling and grammar issues to the point I had trouble understanding some of the story. Major editing needed then it should be a great read.
Great storyline but very inconsistent with the information from the previous book. Also huge amount of spelling and grammar issues to the point I had trouble understanding some of the story. Major editing needed then it should be a great read.
December 28, 2022
I couldn’t even finish the book. The grammar was awful. It made it difficult to read and follow.
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