Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Fae Keeper by H.E. Edgmon

22 reviews

dododenise's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

I’m so pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I loved the premise of the first book but as that was resolved, I was scared that this book, which is about this world and politics, would not be interesting to me. Now I read this book in two days. 
The thing is, I was so interested I ended up missing some bits. The entire time there is this sense of time pressure and a lot is happening at the same time, representative of how the characters feel. There were moments of breathers but they weren’t enough for me. These characters are so strong and I would have loved it if they had gotten more and calmer moments to exist together. Especially Wyatt and Emyr’s relationship could feel static and stuck in place because the plot got in the way of them developing. 
The only reason why I feel like I missed out on these parts is because I was so engaged. The world building was rich and diverse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

choicepotatoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5 - not for me + enjoyable
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the first book read to me like a mediocre self-insert fanfic, while the sequel reads like a second-or-third-round-of-edits nanowrimo novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Rape

treereadingabook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, Classism, and Death of parent

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Classism, Racism, Death, War, and Xenophobia

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Body horror, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, War, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Infanticide

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Colonisation, Murder, War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Animal death, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Dysphoria, Confinement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

broccoli_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

„I have already faced myself and it turned out: I‘m not my worst enemy, I‘m yours!“

This book is equal parts fantasy and queer liberation. It’s about a young trans men who finds love, friends and home. Both with the people who loved him from the beginning and with those who had to learn to love him. Not because he was trans, but because relationships need care and growth to work. This is a coming of age story of multiple teens from different minorities. 
They are finding and defending their homes, curing their religious trauma and learn to set boundaries.

This story is so relatable to the everyday life of queer teens and young adults, based about the feelings, everyday life and relationship of the characters. 

I cannot recommend it enough!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Child abuse, and Abandonment

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Oh I liked this one even better than the first book, I think. Yeah, some of the themes and ideas are a bit heavy handed, but I didn't really find that I minded that. We get to see more of the Fae world, and some of the world details that were a little fuzzy in the first book get expanded on this book.

Of course, we get more of Wyatt and Emyr, who are my favorite. I just really loved their chemistry in both books, and their bond gets even stronger in this book. Briar also comes into her own, realizing that she can be someone besides the helped. There were some excellent character arcs throughout this one, and I can't wait to see what Edgmon does next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, and Genocide

Minor: Racism, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Transphobia

osladek's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book and wanted to read it since I thought The Witch King had themes and characters I liked. However, I went into it knowing I would have issue with the plot since the first book had way too much going on plot wise and was wrapped up messily in my opinion. I really disliked the main character in the first book due to the self-deprecating humor, and overall annoyance i felt at his actions and attitudes throughout the book. I think this book improved Wyatt in so many ways. I enjoyed seeing him learn to use his magic and actually apologize to characters and grow from his mistakes. 
As a series I think this duology suffers from way too many plots and characters and introducing an entire new WORLD over 60% into the second and final installment. How in the world are we supposed to get an idea of what the world is like when we get max 3 chapters about it? I think if the author committed to their idea for the books this could've been expanded into a series or at least trilogy to get a full idea of all the characters, worlds, and plots they wanted to work with. Both books feel rushed in plot, character development, and world-building. I much prefer books that show without telling exactly what the world is like. With Faery we are plunged into a new world immediately and given very little information about it except for the main character to just explain what they're seeing. Feels sloppy and rushed writing to me and I think if the author only wanted two books for this series, they should've trimmed down the plots, characters, and left the world of Faery out of it for continuity and proper context and flow for the books.
I did enjoy this book a lot more than the first and I do like the characters so much better in this book so overall 3.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Gore, and Dysphoria