Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

48 reviews

mckaylaboyd's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This wasn't what I was expecting, but I did enjoy this book. When I had heard the plot, I had figured it would be three BA women who thirst for blood. I'm not super interested in dark novel and moralless characters. I was happy to find that each character was much more nuanced than that, each of the three queens having their own personality and failings. 

There isn't much action in this book, it is much more about maneuvering. This is a political novel. There is a little bit of an annoying love triangle. But besides that, I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content

thejadylady's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I usually read books in the first person in this one is third person omniscient, so that was a little challenging for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

the animal deaths bothered me but they were shortly mentioned

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

luarna's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Blood

maple_dusk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book is as exactly as dark, mysterious, and intriguing as expected! Love it!

On another note, wtf Joseph. You deserve neither Mirabella nor Jules..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Sexual content (fade-to-black scenes), Infanticide (minor)

zaesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

What a book! A spoiler-free review to help you decide if you want to read: 

If you are a lover of fantasy novels that have a unique concept, world-building, beautiful writing, political intrigue, and explore all the ins and outs of different kinds of relationships - this series is for you!

So here’s what you can expect: a very interesting, dark concept for a story (three triplets who are raised separately on an island filled with magic, knowing they will either die or kill their sisters to become queen at the mere age of 16), good world-building, examples of a multitude of relationships (including romantic subplots), magic, political power dynamics, surprises, and a plot-twist or two. 

Heads up- there are four novels and two novellas (both novellas together in one book: Queens of Fennbirn). Do not read the novellas before reading Three Dark Crowns and One Dark Throne. It contains spoilers for the first two books of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

fiercereadsfiction's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Animal death

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Blood

cardlikecredit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The beginning was really slow and then it picks up real fast halfway through. I could have also used a character map, there were so many names to keep track of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and War

Minor: Animal death

nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

As a first book it’s definitely more focused on world building and giving the reader a grasp of each character and the background/setting of how life is there and the expectations.
Due to that it is a bit of a slow read, it is written well and quite descriptive but definitely more political and not action driven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death and Body shaming

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry