Review: The King’s Man Book VI: MM Fantasy Series

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My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Genres: Fantasy, Slow Burn, MM Romantasy, MM Fantasy

Here We Are

All right, readers. We’re here. Book VI (6) of the King’s Man series, the final installment of this amazing romantasy, fantasy romance series. Whatever you want to call the genre, this series is about so much more than the usual MM Romance fare. Writing this review is making me super emotional. This series has wedged its way into my heart. To start us off, I was correct: there was indeed a whole bunch of stuff that had to happen in Book 6. 

Blurb 

The battle for their kingdom is nothing compared to the battle for each other.

The mask is finally coming off. But some truths are more dangerous than lies.

Cael never expected to fall into Quin’s memories. Never expected to uncover the moments Quin kept hidden: his quiet observations, his reluctant admiration, the silent war he waged against his own heart. And at the centre of it all? A truth that shatters everything Cael thought he knew.

But the past is a trap. And while Cael is lost in Quin’s memories, the war still looms.

Reality drags him back. To Ragnarson. To a battlefield where Quin stands before him, not as a ghost of the past, but flesh and blood. Real and untouchable. Their reunion burns brief and bright before duty rips them apart once more.

As the kingdom teeters on collapse, rebellion ignites. The war isn’t just for a throne anymore—it’s for survival. And when Cael is captured, Quin will stop at nothing to bring him back.

Because kings do not beg.

This healer does not bow.

And masks cannot hide the truth forever.

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THE KING’S MAN is an epic romantasy filled with slow-burn passion, courageous choices, and the relentless spirit of a healer determined to beat all odds.

This six-book series is one continuous journey and romance arc and is best read in order for maximum enjoyment.

Genres: Fantasy, Slow Burn, MM Romantasy
320 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication June 24, 2025

What’s the Plan

In this review, we will dive into character developments, analyze the plot without giving away major spoilers, analyze important theme developments, and end with my overall impressions of the series. Because it’s over now (sobbing).

Context

I flew through this series, thanks to getting them from BookSirens as arcs. After Book II, I was officially obsessed, and I have done nothing but read this series in the last five days. These reviews will be posted spaced out to post closer to the later books’ releases, but I want readers to know that I absolutely devoured this series.  

Plot Summary 

So if you remember, we left our main character, Cael, in the Kingdom of Iskeldir. He is somewhat stuck. He’s acting as the king’s healer under an assumed identity. After Book 5, Cael is sort of at an impasse. He can’t leave freely, and now he’s looking after people like the true king‘s mother. 

Wedding Guests and Invasions

Things are afoot in Iskeldir. Cael’s aunt and the Kron Prins are getting married soon. There’s also an invasion from the west from the kingdom of Wyrd. We haven’t really heard much about this kingdom through the series, but they take the opportunity to invade since things are unstable at the border and within Lumin. 

Memories

As we pick up the continuing plot, we go with Cael through all of Quin‘s memories. Cael has gone through them over and over and over again. These memories, of us, Quin said, basically confirm everything that I dreamed: Quin has been fixated on Cael since they were boys. When they were young, it was about friendship, but as Quin grew up, so did his feelings. 

In a clever mechanic, readers take another look at Cael and Quin’s first encounters from an outside perspective, Cael looking back at himself with an older, more mature perspective. Cael sees things he didn’t see before, recognizes how chaotic and impulsive he was (is). He calls himself Chaos-me, which I love because it’s very true— Cael has always been impulsive and all over the place.

Chaos-Gremlin Cael

Readers of this series will struggle with the first 30% of Book I and not understand why so much context seems to be missing is because Cael, as this chaos-whirlwind of a character, is not looking at the full picture. 

The memories contextualize events from the very beginning of the story. Looking back at some of their first interactions shows how readers viewed events through Young Cael’s chaotic perspective; he is essentially an unreliable narrator. 

He was wide-eyed and unaware of the context in those first few cut scenes, those interactions with Maskios, Calix Solin, and Quin, and so then, were readers. I actually pulled up the first book and read through the first chapters while mirroring the experiences in the first chapters in book 6. It’s eye-opening how the different perspectives of the same events fill in so many missing details. 

The Oh… Moment

Cael understands them now, through Quin’s memories. And so, then, he must understand how deeply Quin feels about him. And how he feels about Quin.

True Love Reveals

In my last review for Book V, I talked about how important masking is to the story, and hoo buddy, it is important. Who is behind the mask? Cael was dying to know, then. Who is Maskios? Calix Solin? 

Now Cael knows. Loved ones can see through the mask. Cael couldn’t see through the masks in Book I. But Quin’s mother could, as could Nicostratus. 

Iskeldir is not friendly to Quin at the moment, so when Quin shows up for the wedding, seemingly unmasked, out in the open, Cael worries. But readers will quickly understand that Cael can see Quin. To others, though, Quin appears to be a Jarl. Does Cael even realize what that means? It just makes you feel things.

To the Front Lines

Cael and Quin get sent to the front line of the growing fight between Iskeldir and Wyrd. This is perilous because Quin is disabled—he walks with a cane. Obviously, if he has to fight on foot, it won’t go well for him. 

On the front lines, Cael heals, Quin fights. There are sweet, tender moments between Quin and Cael as they head to battle and as they escape peril. Their devotion is evident. The slow-burn is bubbling, folks. 

Nicostratus is Big Mad

Cael escapes Iskeldir finally, with Quin promising to be a week behind Cael and Nicostratus. But Nicostratus has unfortunately also seen Quin‘s memories. And that’s bad because Nicostratus is big mad about the whole thing. 

Chekhov’s Gun

Several times throughout the series, Quin’s grandfather’s research is mentioned, and how he was executed for theories he had about disease and inoculation, vaccines essentially. Research that, while banned, could protect the people against the plague. Well, yeah. Chekhov’s gun means that this has to be important at some point. 

And that point is now. The plague is imminent. It has every potential to be a devastating outbreak. 50% survival rate. Cael is… well, Cael is going to risk it all to save as many people as he can. Even if what he proposes to do is punishable by death. Because he is a healer. He will risk his own demise, his own health, his own future. 

Small Spoiler

Cael is confident in his grandfather’s research. He sets out to find test subjects to prove that he has a viable solution. Also, oh yeah, small spoiler, sorry, Cael has the plague.

That’s where I am going to stop. The rest of this mm fantasy, you’ll have to read.

Theme Analysis

Choosing the Path That Harms the Least

Fundamentally, one of the series’s overarching themes is to choose kindness. Harm the fewest people possible. Be altruistic. The greater good is more important than the few. 

Cael wants what’s best for everyone. He wants to save everyone; his altruistic side is one of his best characteristics, but it’s also his worst enemy. Because he puts himself into danger. He puts his life on the line over and over and over again. 

The Kingdom Means Nothing if Everyone’s Dead

Quin also recognizes that his main goal of trying to take back his throne means nothing if they don’t save their kingdom. At a time of strife, when the regent is ignoring the problem, like half the country could die, his goal has to wait. The thing that harms the least is the thing that saves the most. And that’s helping Cael get the inoculations to as many willing people as possible. That involves convincing the people it’s safe. It involves changing the rules. And if that doesn’t happen, what good will saving his throne do, if half his countrymen are dead?

You Are Allowed Happiness

Quin has to come to this on his own. Duty is important. Choosing the path that harms the least is important. But most important of all is the realization that he can choose a life that will make him happy. And Cael? He will make Quin happy. He’s allowed to have Cael. 

Follow Your Happiness

Following one’s own path to happiness can be seen as a cornerstone value in so many ways. Magaera and Lykos, Olyn and Veronica, Nicostratus and Bastian, Florentius and Akilah, Leif and Cael’s aunt (I am sorry I cannot remember her name, so embarrassing), Casimira and King Yngvarr… all these people are on their own path to happiness. And finally, finally, we see Quin and Cael realize they can choose that for themselves too.

It’s all about finding their own path eventually to be happy. Duty is important. Quin doesn’t shirk his duty, none of these people abandon their duty, but they also follow their path to happiness. 

Happy

It is a happy ending. I don’t think that’s a spoiler because most people want to know that it’s a happy ending before they read, especially someone who’s gonna read six books in a series. 

Overall

This mm fantasy story isn’t about smut. It isn’t about sex. This series is about so much more than that. A lot of romance readers read to escape. This is a really good escape. I really, really liked this series. It’s really quite a love story.

Sunday has done a very good job. I didn’t want it to be over, honestly. I wanted another chapter of them after the happily ever after.

I have a book hangover. Read this series! 

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