Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks

16 reviews

shinyfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement and Vomit

kriti's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

garbage_mcsmutly's review

adventurous emotional medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Only the 1st in a series, but it doesn't end too cliffhanger-y.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Death of parent

literary_nymph's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a promising start! This is actually my second time reading this first book of this series. I adore the fmc and the mc in this one, and the plot is very interesting with all the different immortals & politics coming into play. I found it fascinating how the author managed to create a character such as Raina, who is mute but can “sing” her spells using sign language. I loved that. I’m hoping I see more of this ancient culture and magic language as the series continues! There’s lots of development happening for the FMC’s character as she begins her quest and learns more about her powers. I also adored the banter between her and the mc it was very entertaining and there was lots of tension! The only thing I disliked was the pacing in the middle part of the book; it could have been better; it felt like they were in that icy forest forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

This was a lot of fun! If you are in the mood for a winter fantasy romance, here you go. A large chunk of this book takes place in a colder climate, and there is much mention of a "frost king," so this is a well timed book to read during winter, or late fall in my case. There is a lot of action and drama, the world building is pretty easy to grasp, and the exposition heavy spots don't feel too drawn out. The choice to make the female MC only able to communicate in sign language was intriguing, and I think handled well. The romance I would say is more forced proximity focused than enemies-to-lovers, but it does have that element to it. I will say that the writing is not particularly breathtaking and there are some cliche/predictable fantasy tropes, but there is enough creativity for the story and world to feel fresh, and the characters were really engaging and easy to get invested in. It reminded me of how much fun I had reading The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones, although I'd say this book is a bit less lighthearted. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: War

ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

while it was cool and interesting to have an FMC who communicates with sign language, that's the only thing that really makes this book stand out from other fantasy romances. there was a good amount of info dumping esp about the gods' lore so i was a bit confused and don't think i really felt the full impact of the implications and outcomes of if bad guys won in this. i think there's good chemistry between the MCs, but while there's a bit of conflict in the beginning the relationship goes 0 to 100 real quick by the end. the fact that the MMC

is yet another hundreds year old mythical dude while the FMC is only 20something (well at least she's 24 in this and not 19)

kind of makes my eyes roll at this point. though we get his full backstory, i didn't really get a great understanding of who MMC is right now. he's the witch collector but like ... what else? does he only do that and just chill around the kingdom otherwise? 

i hear good things about the next 2 books so i'm debating continuing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Vomit and War

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

wrensreadingroom's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

alatenightreader's review against another edition

2.0

Such a great premise but the execution missed the mark. She went from despising this man to finding herself being attracted by his dimples and gentle manner so quickly. 

I'm all for the enemies to lovers trope, but I couldn't handle the quick change in attitude that seemingly came out of nowhere. She also doesn't process or even really acknowledge the traumatic events that happened and the people she lost. 

I found the pacing off, they seemed to be on their fantasy road trip for such a long time, for no real reason. I have a lot of questions that weren't answered, and found the worldbuilding lacking. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Murder

c100's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual content