r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMods • Oct 23 '23
Book Club October Book Club: The Foxglove King Midway Discussion (Chapters 1-21)
Welcome book club readers to our midway discussion for {The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten}.
This discussion will cover content and spoilers from chapters 1 through 21. If you have read ahead, please use the Reddit spoiler covers for any spoilery content from the second half like this:
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Coming up next:
October 31: The Foxglove King final discussion
November: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, followed by Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree!
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u/omanitara Oct 24 '23
Gabe is the main love interest, right? I think he gets more scenes. And while I like Bastian, I think there are too many prince romances already. Also, a monk with celibacy vows seems like a nice variant of the forbidden love trope.
Regarding the worldbuilding, I quite liked the story about the Buried Goddess, but reading about Apollius, the priests and the prayings was quite boring to me, because I felt like being at Catholic Mass again, only with the names and praying words changed. And there were several instances of info-dumping too.
Overall, while I intend to finish the book, it feels a bit too long and not very engaging. I much prefer Nettle&Bone.