Realm of Sin: A Steamy Twist on Arthurian Legends

Realm of Sin ♥ K.C Kingmaker ♥ Camelot Untold #1

Published March 2023 ♥ Independently Published by K.C Kingmaker

❥ Book Two : Realm of Ruin: A New Chapter in Camelot Untold

❥ Book Three : Realm of Kings: An Epic Conclusion to Camelot Untold

❥ Authors Note : Realm of Sin is a steamy retelling of Arthurian myths. This dark fantasy romance features multiple morally gray love interests, tons of touch-her-and-perish vibes, swordplay (of all kinds), and a heroine who refuses to be chained… unless she’s into it. (From Goodreads)

❥ Trigger Warnings : Abandonment, BDSM, blood, bondage, captivity, childhood trauma, choking, death, degradation, depictions of sex work, depression, gore, graphic descriptions of sex, graphic descriptions of violence, group sex, misogyny, objectifying, public sex, sexual assault, submission, suicide. (From Book)

❥ Polyamorous Why Choose?

❥ Dark Fantasy Retelling

❥ Touch Them & Die

❥ Cursed Land

❥ Sword Crossing

Hello Friends ! I actually read Realm of Sin way back in 2023. I never got around to posting this review. I am posting it now because I am getting ready to post the review for book two, Realm of Ruin, so I figured I may as well since it’s just sitting there in my drafts.

Back again with another #bookstagrammademe ! Realm of Sin started showing up on my Instagram feed during its release blitz at the end of March. I liked the cover and the title caught my eye. But, I was never a fan of King Arthur and Camelot and I have never read anything by K.C. Kingmaker. So it just wasn’t really on my radar. I did start to follow Kingmaker though. I started seeing more teasers scattered throughout my timeline for Realm of Sin and realized that maybe it was something that I would enjoy. It apparently has a lot of elements I enjoy so here we are.

Side note : In the Author’s Note, Kingmaker refers to this as a bastardization and not a retelling and I love it.

Skip on down to my Final Thoughts if you would like to avoid spoilers.

Wow, we are not fucking around with the pace. Guinevere’s brain is going a mile a second.
How do you say Guin? My brain can not compute.
This Guin thing is like the time I tried to read Lore and couldn’t get over the main character’s name being Lore.
My eyeballs see Guin, but my brain says Quinn and the next thing yanno I’m thinking about Dexter.
Speaking of the Holy Grail, is that what was in the vault?
Damn girl, you got it good if you only hate your brain sometimes.
That’s right, fuck them people that grew up in stable homes.
Weird request Grandma.
Grandma is working a spell or some shit from beyond the grave.
I wish I lived somewhere steeped in Mythology. Actually, Oak Island is like four hours away, so I kinda do. *I no longer live there.
Grandma is going home.
Of my top ten ways to suddenly find yourself in some other dimension, getting chased down by rapists is not one of them.
Decapitated. Nice.
That’s one hell of a pub.
Oh multi-pov.
Little lamb.
Don’t we all have some twisted fucked up moral code we live by?
One wild half a day.
Here comes the King.
Wow a forth pov. Guin, Kay, Mordred and now Arthur.
Grandma’s cup is definitely the Holy Grail.
Idk man, it does sound like he’s telling you to whore yourself out.
Ngl, everytime I see the word sword I think dick because of the Author’s Note.
More like a dance of arousal.
How many pov’s is in this book? You get a pov and you get a pov. A pov for all.
I mean, I want to know what’s in the workroom.
Why did grandma have the Chalice in the first place? Because I’m convinced she had it.
I can’t wait to meet the Old One.
A loop is a form of circle.
Let the cat out of the bag, I want answers.
Give her a locket and die.
That’s one special rocking horse.
It was the curse I tell ya. The curse !
Ohh a murder. Is the murderer the traitor as well?
Idk if Dag has anything to do with any of this. Perhaps there is more than one traitor.
Girl, how exactly were you going to recognize the faces of Kings in a magical land you have never been?
Idk if Guin is going to be able to not say something to these Kings.
Bunch of fucking peaches indeed.
Seriously, what’s another head? Let the one roll that is actually responsible.
Ohhh yes! Tell Kay what Daddy did.
Spit it out damnit.
Is Domino even a man?
The workroom.
Good thing for that drink.
My man Dag!

Realm of Sin Review

Minor Spoilers

The title of the series, Camelot Untold is apt. People came, a lot. An untold amount of times if you will.

K.C. Kingmaker’s Camelot is truly the Realm of Sin. Kingmaker’s Camelot is a dark, dangerous, and depraved place. There is not an inhibition to be found in Camelot. Anywhere. Ever. It is a world cursed by The Rot. A curse that causes the inhabitants of Camelot to have zero inhibitions. Kingmaker’s characters don’t just have The Rot to deal with though, there is a rebellion on the horizon as well.

I’ve been here half a day and I’ve already been attacked, lost all my things, watched a man get killed right in front of my eyes, and witnessed multiple public orgies.

I should be trembling with fear.

Our main female character, Guin finds herself in Camelot after scattering her grandmother’s ashes in a lake. There was too much sex happening to find out how or why such a thing even happened. Guin is almost instantly captured upon arriving in Camelot, and of course, chooses not to tell her captors about how she came to be there. Typical behaviour from a character, especially when one finds themselves magically transported to a different time, and place. But there was a mystery afoot, and I wanted answers.

The legendary King Arthur and his Knights are far from noble figures.

Guin is taken to (not yet) King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. None of whom are having that swell of a time. Arthur’s father has been gravely wounded, rebels are behind the walls and there is a traitor amongst the Knights of the Round table.

Quin quickly becomes friendly with her captors.

Locked up in Arthur’s castle, Quin begins building relationships with a handful of Arthur’s closest brothers. And eventually, Arthur as well. Sprinkled in with an ungodly amount of depraved sex, we begin to learn more of how Quin came to be in Camelot. There is more to her than even she is aware. With Quin, Arthur believes he can finally put an end to The Rot that consumes Camelot.

None of the characters are real standouts to me. I did not find a new book boyfriend within the pages of Realm of Sin. I did however, really enjoy the premise of Realm of Sin. The zero inhibition curse was unique and interesting. It really opened the door to some wild and untamed sex scenes without the internal moral chatter characters are usually bound by.

While it may not be my favorite Why Choose Dark Romance, Kingmaker’s writing was good and the pace was relatively quick. Realm of Ruin is a fun read. Just please check those trigger warnings!