Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

21 reviews

booknerdcoco's review

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

It's been a while since I've read a vampire novel. And this did not disappoint. I listened to it on audiobook, and though I prefer to read, I felt like the narrators added to the story.

The plot twist at the end was unexpected, and my heart broke for the FMC.

But the build-up I thought was good.

My only frustration was that I struggled to keep track of some of the less prominent characters that turned out to be significant in the end. This somewhat interrupted the flow of the story for me.

Spice 2.5/5
Plot 4.75
Book boyfriend: This is difficult because of the plot twist, but the for the most part 90% maybe a 3.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely love this book! It’s near perfection and it’s beautifully devastating 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

erinkellyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think I'm torn on this one. I'd like to give it a 4, I think. I enjoyed reading it, and the tournament system was fun to read. I also don't know if I ever really came to love the characters? Except maybe poor Ibrahim. I'd like to learn more about the gods and how all that works. I'm going to read the second one. But I think I'm a little surprised after how much I've read people gush about this series.

((Also - and this is petty because I have read way too many vampire books and also all of Maas' work - I'm not a huge fan of winged vampires. Shapeshifting to have wings? Sure. Turning into animals a 'la the old myths? Of course. But... feather wings and bat wings? I dunno.))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death and Child death

gingerbooknerd3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Death, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

hclin'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

apolen's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

zarhara'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

b4bookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌶️🌶️

Ix's tits, this was a fun read. My only regret is that I didn't read it sooner.
It's like the vampire hunger games with sexy bat wings and LOTS of blood.

In so many enemies-to-lovers books, it's just so blatantly obvious that the two love birds don't actually want to kill one another and it takes me out of the story. But this one really sold me; they actually do plan to kill each other...

Oraya is a smart, funny and strong 23 yo with a loving adoptive vampire father (for better or worse) who is tired of trying to hack it as a human in a vampire world. 

Raihn is a vampire who hates being a vampire (naturally) and wants to make his world a better place for everyone. And he loves to get a rise out of Oraya.

But they both enter into a blood bath contest where only the last one standing will win, and with it a prize of anything they wish for.

This slow-burn, gory romantasy ends on a ravine hanger (not quite a cliff) and I fully plan to dive into book 2 ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

abundance_of_fiction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A good Romantasy for readers who aren’t afraid of gore, myths, and hunger game esc fights to the death. The political revolutions at the end were a predictable but enjoyable conclusion to lead into the sequel.

Tropes: enemies to lovers, wings, rivals, enemies to allies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, and War