Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

34 reviews

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

madsgrace_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

louise_french_rider's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

Well THAT’S what I call a perfect book ! Absolutely loved it! I can’t believe the second book of this series is as good as the first one, I can’t wait to read the third. 
The plot, the characters, everything was good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

chronic_listener's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

unboundbooklover's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a fantastic read and fantastic sequel. 

I will say, the end absolutely stressed me out and makes me worry that book 3 will not be as good because the last chapter of this one introduces some tropes that I don't love. My problems were that, I guess we're not really shown much what Apollo's true self is like up to this point, but having him do what he does to Evangeline is awful, and we're given no context as to how he has power to take memories? Aside from that and a few moments when all the ancient side stories were a bit hard to follow, this installment does not disappoint. There were multiple times that I audibly gasped or exclaimed while reading, both during plot twists and momentary Jacks x Evangeline moments. It is freshly surprising and worth every bit of your time. I'm not even sure how to give it the praise it deserves.

I give Rebecca Soler's performance 4.5/5⭐️. See book one's review for explanation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

strixy16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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

3.75

Didn’t expect to screech at this book as much as I did. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Confinement, Death, and Abandonment

datgirllani's review

adventurous funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

“But Evangeline knew that her heart longed to hope for the best. She believed that people could change; she believed that everyone’s life was like a story with an ending that was not yet written, and therefore everyone’s future held infinite possibilities”. Honestly cannot think of a review to write. I enjoyed reading the book but did find myself mad at the ending. Even so, I am stuck with thoughts of wondering what the hell will happen so I must read the next book. I will say that I wished this was a dual point of view book. I would love to hear Jacks thoughts. It would add so much flare to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Death and Blood

fluture's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I personally think this second book of Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy is waayy better and more intense than the first book. Just now I could feel the chemistry between Evangeline and Jacks and understand why people got head over heels ove this boy. The plot, the challenges, the events that happened in this book which unveil the dark past and truth about The North was definitely shocking yet enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Blood

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Violence