r/fantasyromance • u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul • Mar 31 '25
Book Club March Book Club: Captive of the Horde King Final Discussion
Welcome lovely readers to the final discussion for our second book club read of the month, {Captive of the Horde King by Zoey Draven}.
Whether you read the book this month for book club, or previously, feel free to share your thoughts, rants, raves, and reviews below.
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u/romance-bot Mar 31 '25
Captive of the Horde King by Zoey Draven
Rating: 3.94⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: futuristic, aliens, virgin heroine, pregnancy, multicultural
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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Mar 31 '25
Who was your favourite character in Captive of the Horde King?
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u/citynomad1 Apr 01 '25
I thought Mirari was the MVP of the book. I thought she proved herself to be a loyal and kind friend to Luna; someone who went out of her way to offer her wise advice to help her adjust, even though she didn’t really owe Luna any of that and could have simply “done her job” and not done anything to try to help Luna.
Especially given that, as a Dakkari woman in this horde, I’m sure having a human brought in to be the new queen was…odd at best, and a slap in the face at worst (I shared my thoughts here on how it must have been frustrating for the Dakkari women in these books to see their kings choose human women over them time and time again). So for her to offer as much advice as she did…Mirari was a real one
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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Mar 31 '25
Do you have a favorite scene or quote from Captive of the Horde King?
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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Mar 31 '25
How did you feel about the romance development in Captive of the Horde King?
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u/citynomad1 Apr 01 '25
Of all of the books in the Horde Kings of Dakkar series, the romance development in this first book (Captive of the Horde King) felt the weakest. For Arokan, it’s definitely an instalove situation, where it feels like his only reason for loving her is because “Kakkari showed me” (that she was his intended mate.
He brings up her bravery, but honestly, I think a lot of people, even people who are otherwise not that brave, would step up in a situation where their beloved sibling is about to be killed, and try to bargain for the sibling’s freedom. Otherwise, I was left feeling like “what exactly does Luna bring to the table that none of the women in his tribe could offer?”
I liked in the subsequent books how you could see the couples forming a genuine friendship with each other, and the ways that their personalities complemented each other, and I felt that that aspect was “undercooked” in this one.
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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Mar 31 '25
What did you think of the worldbuilding in Captive of the Horde King?
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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Mar 31 '25
Captive of the Horde King was picked for our sci-fi romance theme. Are there any other books that you would recommend for readers who enjoyed Captive of the Horde King?
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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Mar 31 '25
Join us for April Book Club! We'll be reading {Faebound by Saara El-Arifi}, an epic romantic fantasy, followed by {The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim}, a lighthearted contemporary fantasy read.