The Kingdom Within (The Kingdom Within #1)

Content Overview

Overall Content
Severity
1.5

Language

0.2/10

Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking

0.7/10

Intimacy, Sex, Immodesty

1.0/10

Violence, Weapons, Crime, Blood

5.2/10

Potentially Intense Themes

0.2/10

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My Opinion

3.5 out of 5 stars (3.5 / 5) I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Voracious Readers Only. The characters are easy to love and there are many adventures.

For the content, it’s a cute story with a very mild and innocent romance. The violence doesn’t give a lot of detail but intense situations are still happening. I believe middle grade readers on up will enjoy it.

The Kingdom Within (The Kingdom Within #1)

Samantha Gillespie

Princess Meredith’s eighteenth birthday is fast approaching, but unlike other girls, she is not looking forward to it. Upon her coming of age, she is to marry the prince of Alder, the most powerful kingdom in the world. Though the idea of marriage to a complete stranger is appalling, she knows she has no choice. Without the marriage contract, Stonefall’s alliance with Alder will be lost, and her people will be safe no longer; Theros, King of Talos, has set his eyes of conquest on Stonefall and he wants Meredith dead.

Connor, an elite soldier entrusted with Meredith’s safety, arrives at the palace just as things begin to take a turn for the worst. Together, they will embark on a journey of survival, in which Meredith will find that the only thing she never prepared for was falling in love.

-Excerpt taken from Goodreads.

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Detailed Content Review

Language 

F***-

H***- 2

S***-

A**-

B****-

D***-

Bas****-

Religious Cursing-

J****-

Chr***-

G**-

L***-

Derogatory terms etc-

Maker 

Wench

Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking

A man’s main job is to keep people supplied with wine at court. 

A man smells of alcohol and he slurs his words. 

Wine is served to young women after dance lessons. 

A man and his guests drink wine at a party. 

A man drinks wine. 

A man drinks ale with dinner. 

A man and young woman pack wine in canteens. 

Intimacy, Sex, Immodesty

Two people are caught in the stables kissing. 

A man and young woman kiss, him pulling her close. This happens multiple times. 

A young woman is grabbed by a man. She worries she will be taken to his camp and raped. 

A man and young woman kiss, him groaning in pleasure. 

A man and young woman sleep in the same bed snuggled up together. 

Violence, Weapons, Crime, Blood

A man sends another man to his death, into a cabinet of impaling spikes. 

In a dream, a young woman imagines jumping out a window to avoid fire but on the ground a man holds a sword that is dripping with blood. She then looks around and sees many bloody bodies. The sword is thrust in her chest and she wakes. 

A young woman has a death threat against her. 

A father beats his young daughter. 

Someone previously died in a jousting competition. 

A young woman is beaten by her father. She has a swollen cheek and gashes. She’s also unconscious. The man throws another young woman against the wall. He hits her across the face and slams her against the wall again. He then chokes her and she kicks him. He stomps on her hand then someone knocks him out. 

A young woman takes a sip of poisoned wine. She screams, blood comes from her mouth and nose then she dies. 

A young woman is whipped for defying the king. They rip open her nightgown and whip her back many, many times. 2 men were beheaded for what she did. 

A young woman feels a sharp pain in her wrists while dancing with a man, she is also stabbed, then she stumbles and everything goes black. 

Three men are killed, a few more will be tortured for information. 

Raiders break into a house at night, stabbing a woman and killing her and the servants. A young boy was left with a scar on his face. 

Men burn a field and break into a house. One finds a young women telling her to come without a fight. She knees him in the groin then runs, stepping on glass. He throws her to the ground and punches her, making her bleed, then threatens to slice her throat. She head butts him. He is shot with an arrow. 

A young woman punched another young woman causing her nose to bleed. 

Men attack a couple. The men fight, a young woman shoots arrows. Swords are plunged in chests, slice across a belly, arrows finding their targets. Blood oozes down from a side wound, a dagger is plunged in a chest, killing him. A man tackles a young woman, digging fingers into a wound. One man attacks another, bashing him against a tree and choking him, he responds with a dagger into his attackers hand. More fighting back and forth, choking, using the dagger, blood gushing then a young woman passes out. 

Bodies are found in a pile and burned. 

Potentially Intense Themes

A mother dies from a fever after trying things such as bloodletting and leeches for cures. 

A mother dies from a sickness. Her body is seen. 

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