Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

64 reviews

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

moon2001's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

eedle_cacleberry'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Animal death and Self harm

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

4.5 ⭐️s

Side note: so the more books I read, the more I look back and realize I rated a lot of previous books WAY too high. (Most of my 5 star reads were more so 4 stars, but crazy lil Miss ME got really excited about the endings and bumped that shit up to a 5 star cause I rate them immediately after I finish them……..which I probably will not stop doing 💁‍♀️) 

BUT I feel confident in rating this one a 4.5! 

This was like a spicy grown up Twilight Hunger Games, where Bella could kick ASS and Charlie sucked ASS. Edward was still only ~kind of~ a ginger. 

I had a lot of fun! 

I really liked the banter between Oraya and Raihn but I swear to Nyaxia, if he told her “there she is” one more time I was gonna throw the book across the room. It was cute the first 20 times, but not so cute after you brutally murdered her beloved papa in front of her. Anywho, I liked their dynamic. I like that it’s not all sunshine and rainbows with them. There’s a love/hate element that is really push and pull and keeps me on my toes. I LIKE EM! 

Mische (aka Alice Cullen) was a really neat character! I hope they explore her more in this series! I also hope her god stops being a nasty and gives her her cool flames back! 

I’m curious how the rest of the story will play out. Seems like we are moving from Hunger Games territory into a political wartime strategy plotline and I think I will kind of LIVE for it????? Idk though. 

I wanna read the next one but the paperback doesn’t come out till December and I think I may wait, but I suck at waiting so I may choose otherwise and load up the kindle! We shall SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

black_cat_iiix's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Genocide, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, and War

Minor: Alcoholism and Medical content

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I’d never heard of this book before but when I came across it while browsing Amazon, as you do, I was very intrigued. 

Oraya is the human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king. Growing up as a human surrounded by vampires, she has always felt like the prey. Entering the Kejari, a legendary tournament hosted by the goddess of death, is her only chance to become more. But with her opponents being some of the most vicious vampires, winning is easier said than done. Forced to make an alliance with a ruthless and mysterious rival, Raihn is her biggest competition, but she can’t help the drawn she feels towards him. 

Firstly, I loved Oraya! We love a badass who is strong, fierce and independent, who doesn’t let her weaknesses define her - I mean, she can hold her own against vampires, for crying out loud. I love Raihn as well, he was kind of adorable, and his relationship with Mische was really cute. 

Oraya and Raihn may be one of my favourite couples, I loved the mix of enemies to lovers and grumpy/sunshine. Their chemistry and partnership gave me similar vibes to a Sarah J. Maas book in the best way possible! I did unfortunately read a spoiler about the ending (iykyk), so that wasn’t a surprise for me, but I do think it would’ve be had I not accident read the spoiler. 

I also really liked the relationship between Oraya and Vincent. I’m currently wondering if how everything ended with Vincent isn’t all it seems and that there may be a twist in book 2, because he truly seemed to love and care for Oraya as a daughter. 

In terms of the plot and storytelling, the world was interesting but not overly complicated, which is always a bonus for me. The plot was intense and action packed, and at no point did it drag. 

Overall, this book is probably one of my favourites that I’ve read this year and can’t wait to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and War

thehannahclaire's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Death of parent

ashleybarnes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

liaantje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

I read this together with my sister in law, we had so much fun, the writing is awesome, and we've already ordered the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

mayareads4fun's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I genuinely am gobsmacked and baffled with the rollercoaster this book sent me on. After reading I genuinely don’t know what is going to happen and I’m worried. 

those last five chapters really had me staring at my wall. RAIHNS BETRAYAL AND VINCENTS DEATH AND ORAYA MAY ACTUALLY BE HALF VAMPIRE???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment