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Valter
One day, his parents would insist he marry a woman of royal lineage. Prince Valter knew this to be true. He hated knowing how his life would play out, but ever the dutiful son, he attended his lessons in literature, art, diplomacy, and weaponry. Day after day, he endured the bullying by his brothers, the badgering by his sisters, the snide glances by his tutors, and the silence from his father. His mother’s doting was more than enough.
Life liked to throw him curves, though. His brothers would find new ways to torment him, his sisters would tease him without mercy, his tutors would give him the hardest subjects to learn, and the weapons marshal would work him to exhaustion. While his parents arranged for grand balls, hoping a visiting princess might catch one of his brothers’ attention, or the bountiful lords of society might deem to court his sisters, the opposite sex just didn’t do it for him.
Turns out he needn’t have bothered worrying. The Fae had blessed him, and Fate had already decided on the one… make that two for him.
Valter is the first story of a five-book series. Each book contains a new romantic entanglement, builds on the previous installments, and should be read in order.
Life liked to throw him curves, though. His brothers would find new ways to torment him, his sisters would tease him without mercy, his tutors would give him the hardest subjects to learn, and the weapons marshal would work him to exhaustion. While his parents arranged for grand balls, hoping a visiting princess might catch one of his brothers’ attention, or the bountiful lords of society might deem to court his sisters, the opposite sex just didn’t do it for him.
Turns out he needn’t have bothered worrying. The Fae had blessed him, and Fate had already decided on the one… make that two for him.
Valter is the first story of a five-book series. Each book contains a new romantic entanglement, builds on the previous installments, and should be read in order.
213 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2022
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Alexis Woods
52 books84 followersAlways an avid reader and colorful dreamer, it was only a matter of time before taking pen to paper, oftentimes literally. A firm believer in every song tells a story and every story has a song, I sing under my breath, tap my toes and swing my hips, much to the delight of my co-workers and friends. I freely admit that becoming a romance author is the best mid-life crisis a girl could ever have.
I'm a/an: Author/Anachronist, Beta reader, Coffee Lover, Daughter/Dancer, Friend/Fighter, Jewish, Lover/Leader, Mother/Medieval enthusiast, Novice fencer, Opinionated, Pharmacist, Romantic/Reenactor, Sister/Scout, Traveler, Visionary, Wife
I'm a/an: Author/Anachronist, Beta reader, Coffee Lover, Daughter/Dancer, Friend/Fighter, Jewish, Lover/Leader, Mother/Medieval enthusiast, Novice fencer, Opinionated, Pharmacist, Romantic/Reenactor, Sister/Scout, Traveler, Visionary, Wife
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August 19, 2022
DNF @77%
I tried. Lord knows I tried. I did my best. I held out until 77% when he knows I wanted to quit way, way, WAY before that.
This is so…..boring.
There is no plot building, no character building, no personality building, no anything building. Everything on this book is static, stagnating and bland.
Valter was a mess of a character. He starts being highly insecure and submissive, being constantly bullied by his siblings and he never doing anything about it, he is a “virgin” prince that has beeb kept inside the castle for over 18 years with only the baker of the house (an adult woman) being his close friend. When suddenly, he learns he has 2 new mates and his personality made a 180 that came out of fucking nowhere (no character building) and its never mentioned after that. He starts to speak like a bossy bottom, highly confident, he straights up tells his mate to “rush to his side because his virgin ass” or whatever and in one instance, HE bullied his sibling by pulling on her hair and sticking out his tongue. I mean, I was all for him growing confident but the change came from nowhere, it was sudden and never mentioned again. The change didn’t feel genuine and it came only because Valter learned he had two mates. Okay??
I don’t even about the mates (completely forgot their name). They were a template of a character that was never nurtured and properly worked on. They were Extra #1 and Extra #2 to me.
Let it be knows as well that over 66% of this book was the two mates traveling to see Valter for the first time. 66% of the book was ONLY these two and their entourage sitting on horses or a carriage (w/e really) with boring, bland, useless banter.
Like, I wanted to pull my hair.
I tried. Lord knows I tried. I did my best. I held out until 77% when he knows I wanted to quit way, way, WAY before that.
This is so…..boring.
There is no plot building, no character building, no personality building, no anything building. Everything on this book is static, stagnating and bland.
Valter was a mess of a character. He starts being highly insecure and submissive, being constantly bullied by his siblings and he never doing anything about it, he is a “virgin” prince that has beeb kept inside the castle for over 18 years with only the baker of the house (an adult woman) being his close friend. When suddenly, he learns he has 2 new mates and his personality made a 180 that came out of fucking nowhere (no character building) and its never mentioned after that. He starts to speak like a bossy bottom, highly confident, he straights up tells his mate to “rush to his side because his virgin ass” or whatever and in one instance, HE bullied his sibling by pulling on her hair and sticking out his tongue. I mean, I was all for him growing confident but the change came from nowhere, it was sudden and never mentioned again. The change didn’t feel genuine and it came only because Valter learned he had two mates. Okay??
I don’t even about the mates (completely forgot their name). They were a template of a character that was never nurtured and properly worked on. They were Extra #1 and Extra #2 to me.
Let it be knows as well that over 66% of this book was the two mates traveling to see Valter for the first time. 66% of the book was ONLY these two and their entourage sitting on horses or a carriage (w/e really) with boring, bland, useless banter.
Like, I wanted to pull my hair.
August 3, 2022
So good, I received the arc of this! All opinions are my own though.
Well written with a very good plot, make you want more. I’m excited for the next book.
If you love M/M romance this is the book for you just with an extra M in the mix!
I love the way they could speak to each other it really added to my love for this book.
Well written with a very good plot, make you want more. I’m excited for the next book.
If you love M/M romance this is the book for you just with an extra M in the mix!
I love the way they could speak to each other it really added to my love for this book.
August 16, 2022
Valter is an exciting first book in The Tenth Step series. It follows Valter who is the youngest prince who was blessed by the fae. His siblings are jealous of him and torment him to no end. Fate has another surprise in store for him, he is blessed with two mates. Duke is an Alpha Wolf shifter and Baron is a Vampire, their two species hate each other. The world building in Valter is phenomenal with a fantastic secondary cast of characters. I cannot wait to read more in this series, it hooked me, and I honestly believe that this is my top read of the year. Overall, this was phenomenal! Well written with pacing that didn’t let me go very easily. Highly recommend.
August 31, 2022
A romance disguised (not too much) as fantasy. In that 'they mostly need it for fated mates trope and some chosen one garbage' kind of disguise.
Was it bad? Not too much, but it exhibited a few of those traits I consider... low-quality?
Valter's family was bad - and pointless, the vampire and werewolf were just two versions of some kind of dreamy guy to the kid's small frame and 'flighty' disposition.
Is it conforming? Or heteronormative or something? Is this what people want? Switch Valter for Valteriana and it's a book I would just ignore.
Anyway, not my style, high fantasy label feels like false advertising so unless you're looking for a romance with some medieval and paranormal undertones, can't say I recommend.
Was it bad? Not too much, but it exhibited a few of those traits I consider... low-quality?
Valter's family was bad - and pointless, the vampire and werewolf were just two versions of some kind of dreamy guy to the kid's small frame and 'flighty' disposition.
Is it conforming? Or heteronormative or something? Is this what people want? Switch Valter for Valteriana and it's a book I would just ignore.
Anyway, not my style, high fantasy label feels like false advertising so unless you're looking for a romance with some medieval and paranormal undertones, can't say I recommend.
September 11, 2022
3.5
We really needed an extra 100 pages.
We really needed an extra 100 pages.
October 8, 2023
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September 29, 2022
This is not a high fantasy!
High fantasy has world building, history, character development. It has a plot.
Here, the most you learn about Valter and his background is from the synopsis of the book. It is always a bad sign when the synopsis has more story than the rest of the book.
Just call it what it is "A Medieval story of three horny men", don't call it "high fantasy" and you'll avoid hard-core fantasy fans leaving bad, disappointed reviews.
Two stars, just because it was an ok Medieval story of three horny men.
High fantasy has world building, history, character development. It has a plot.
Here, the most you learn about Valter and his background is from the synopsis of the book. It is always a bad sign when the synopsis has more story than the rest of the book.
Just call it what it is "A Medieval story of three horny men", don't call it "high fantasy" and you'll avoid hard-core fantasy fans leaving bad, disappointed reviews.
Two stars, just because it was an ok Medieval story of three horny men.
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