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hannah_lilli's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
anastasio'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
So as much as this book is hyped I don’t think it was worth it I like the plot the spicey scenes feel like a horny teenager just learned what sex was about idk it feel really cheesey. The main character has HEDS like the author which I love I’m also disabled but she doesn’t grammatically know how to describe dislocations and subluxations which ick me a bit. It took me all my strength not to DNF this book but I’m pushing through it because the plot starts to get good and I need to know what happens.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
bubblebot's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
would give 0*, but added one, because of the queer & disability (however brief) rep
it feels like mc is held hostage by the plot lmao
glad to see that rotten zionist world views produce rotten books. shame it's popular tho for some reason
it feels like mc is held hostage by the plot lmao
glad to see that rotten zionist world views produce rotten books. shame it's popular tho for some reason
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
thrabenvaliant's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I liked it, the plot was memorable, the characters were believable, the dragons are incredible.
The multiple twists were amazing, and I loved the way the characters stayed the same, but the view of them shifted.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Xenophobia, Vomit, and War
raveisbored's review against another edition
adventurous
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, and War
Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
kathyreadsalot's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Violet incessant horny thoughts and how annoyingly pendantic Dain could be really began to wear on me but once the war plot line and the political intrigue picked up in the second half of the book, I was more invested since those are some of my favorite types of plot lines.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
avie_j's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
twigaonabike's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Drug use
dododenise's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
For a book that I went into that I fully expecting to dnf I really enjoyed myself. You know, this is just a very fun story. The setting makes for a great story to tell and it definitely took advantage of that. I also really enjoy YA fantasy, more so than adult fantasy, and for the most part this book feels like YA. The story it’s telling and the writing style could easily be YA, if it were not for the very horny 20 year olds. Loved the dragons. Dragons are great and these dragons specifically are my favourite characters in the entire book.
I rushed through the first half and had a really good time. Then the second half started.
In the second half the story starts to feel too long. It becomes a bit repetitive. This story should’ve been told in 300-400 pages otherwise it looses its charm. And that gave me the opportunity to think. And thinking when reading this book is dangerous business.
The world building is lacklustre. We barely know anything about it and the things we know are so basic and really not that exciting. I definitely wouldn’t call it intricate. The book should’ve kept to its magical school vibe but no, it tried to do bigger things. And I’m not sure I like it or think it works well. It’s just not giving me enough to think “oooh interesting world building here”. And that ruined a lot for me. If it had kept to a simpler story than it would’ve been easier to stay in the moment and just enjoy it. Now I’m thinking about how it’s all not that deep.
Now something very much from my personal taste: this book is very straight. And I am not and I don’t really enjoy straight books. An added factor for me not really enjoying the second half as much was that Violet and Xaden’s relationship became a bigger focus. And well, I did not care for them at all. Their relationship didn’t work for me. And quite frankly, their horniness for each other was very exhausting. I like Violet and Xaden as a characters but their relationship I did not.
The other characters were lacking a bit. I already forgot about most of them. There’s Dain of course, an annoying walking red flag. Liam was a very cool character. I can’t tell you about anyone else to be honest so that’s a shame. I did not feel like getting to know them anyway because people kept dying so I knew if it wasn’t the main couple, well, they’re probably going to die.
Did have fun? Surprisingly yes. Would I say this book is good? I don’t know.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ceddie's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail