Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

31 reviews

jaxx88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I was sure this was going to be a Five star read, but the last 15% was kinda a let down. Still liked the book over all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Stalking

rosesandproses's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jak is what Bella Swan wishes she could be!!! All around lovely read with good narrative suspense, character development, and spice.

I loved the characterization throughout. Some plot points were a little predictable but eh it's a romance novel. And the way characters responded to events or new information was always on point.

I would call this a "nothing happens" novel because the first 70% is more character and relationship driven then action, but the action after that first 70% does not disappoint! (And no shade on "nothing happens" novels because that's my current WIP, too!)

Marius is excellent. Jak is excellent. I love their banter. Catherine and Victoria are excellent. I'd say they balance the "testosterone" well without falling into typical female supporting character tropes. The lore and world building are excellent. The audiobook narrator is excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

It's a fantasy vampire novel... there's blood, violence, and death. But it's very well done and the major violent descriptions are not senseless.

I promise it all works out in the end.

On child death:

Moderate child death because one character is the ghost of a child and they're kinda important and around a lot.

tonyaf's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

Beauty and the Beast but make it gay. Honestly, I had a blast reading this. Is it the best book ever? No, but It gave me exactly what I want from the romantasy genre.  It's fun, smutty, queer, and has an interesting mystery plot that kept me turning the pages long after my bedtime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

altbinx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's soo good and I cried all of chapter 30.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

mrshays's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

jneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

theminnesotawitch's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

A very fun, angsty read. A queer beauty and the beast retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

notpresent22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved this book. A really fun read that brought me out of a reading slump. The characters are fun and lovable even though they’re a little bit messed up. They are also sexy (which is great in this kind of book). The plot is good and engaging throughout, though I will say some of the world building and magic was a little bit shallow in places - however I don’t think it needed to be overly complex for this kind of book. 

The sex scenes were sexy and fun and definitely evoked the correct kind of response in me. I will say however they were extremely idealistic and there were some moments I wished were described in more details (it felt in a couple places like the author had finished and wanted to move on). But I thoroughly enjoyed them overall. 

My biggest qualm with this book is not getting to see the feast at the end, it took away some of the catharsis (also wouldn’t have minded seeing the fuckfest that would have followed). 

Did I enjoy this book? Hell Yes I did. 
Will I be reading the sequel? I am aware that the sequels to this book don’t follow Jak and Marius however I enjoyed the writing and world enough that yes I do think I will be picking up the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury