King of Envy by Ana Huang is the fifth installment in the Kings of Sin series, a collection of standalone billionaire romances inspired by the seven deadly sins. Released on April 29, 2025, this novel delves into a complex love triangle filled with desire, loyalty, and hidden truths.
I just want to start off this review by saying how dare the author take time for herself and only give us the next book in the series in another year. I would like it now please.
This entire series should be devoured immediately.
I love the fact that in this novel the MMC doesn’t speak at the beginning and communicates via sign language and that everyone around him knows how to use it. I think that more people (myself included) should learn ASL. The author also clearly makes in known when ASL is being used and when the characters are speaking.
One thing that I would like to see in this series is less famous/rich FMC and more ‘normal’ because it seems that everyone seems to fit into that category. Or they at least hang out with those folks. I still really enjoy.
This is a grumpy/sunshine trope along with billionaire. The entire series is billionaire and they all seem to have a grumpy character involved. It is one of my favourite tropes out there.
There is quite a bit of spice in this novel and what some folks would consider a ‘betrayal’.
I’m glad with the way that this novel plays out. I do think that the MMC could have approached the end situation (with the groom) differently, but I won’t say anymore then that because I don’t want to spoil this for anybody.
I also don’t live in the FMC world or know how her world would work, but I think she could have gotten out of her ‘sticky situation’ much faster. She should have just left it entirely instead of dragging it out for so long, but then there wouldn’t be much conflict in this novel and it would be much shorter
When a romance novel is this long it does tend to drag some, but this novel didn’t have much of that. It does have some ‘lull’ spots, but they don’t last long.
I would recommend this novel and this series to anyone who enjoys the grumpy/sunshine tropes and some levels of spice.
I have included a link below to grab your own copy!
-Fallon
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