Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

282 reviews

theoryfruit's review against another edition

I started off loving this book, but by 20 percent the protagonist still seemed very one-note and predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and War

msalexnicole's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

Wow… just wow. I have never been more in love with a book. The writing style, the story, the characters. Mind blown. I will now proceed to read every book written by the author. I am in LOVE!!! 

The story line is a dark fantasy romance so expect enemies to lovers, slow burn, betrayal, blood, grief.

Overall: 15 stars out of 5!
Spice: 2/5

low spice throughout but one very well written hot 🥵 chapter!!

If dark fantasy romances are your thing, this book is the best one I’ve read so far! Give it a try. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

miss_berry315's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.0

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
🌶️.5/5 

I really loved the intensity of the trials in this book. I also really liked how a lot of the character motivation was hidden from the reader in a way that we got just enough to be intrigued, but not too much to be overly predictable. 
Some aspects of the plot were easy to guess, but overall it set up for book 2 very well. 
The plot was great, the characters were complex and far from flawless, there was mystery and tension throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lucyewright21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

q_bert13's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.25

If the Hunger Games and Game of Thrones created a vampire-filled child, that would be The Serpent and the Wings of Night. Overall a really good read, multi-dimensional, flawed characters in a vast, danger-filled world. With minor amounts of smut (which I could do without tbh) the story keeps you guessing until the end. Points marked a bit down for the ending however, though I’ll have to check out the next book in the series to fully make my decision. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

summer_myers's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

katlynnnxo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jasperw's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was pretty fun. I enjoyed reading it, but I wasn't itching to pick it up when I wasn't reading it. I thought the ending was... wild and not what I was expecting. I am curious about the second book but I don't know if I will like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and War

Moderate: Sexual content

stephanie_w11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

I heard that if you like ACOTAR then you will like The Serpent and the Wings of Night. I can confirm! I was skeptical coming into this book but this turned out to be such an amazing read. I thought I knew how it would end but I was so surprised and delighted by the twists and turns. I can’t wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

linnybear'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Torture