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Glow by Raven Kennedy

9 reviews

emmawickum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and War

beckyremillard'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bvippolito's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

If I hear Slade call Auren “baby” one more time, I’m going to barf

This book was wild! A lot happened and it was fun to spend more time with the characters, build the world, and get more back story. 

The drama was pretty hot and the spice was on fire. Probably 5/5 on the 🌶️ scale. 

I will say, the 🌶️ between Slade and Auren really icked me. Things that Midas said in previous books were basically being said all over again by Slade and it felt so odd and wrong. I’m not sure I actually like their relationship. I like when they hang out but their 🌶️ seems a bit forced and possessive

I actually wish we got a bit more Osrik and Rissa, but I’m sure that will be explored more in the next book

The ending was HOT drama and I’m super looking forward to Gold 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this book. It was nice to see Slade and Auren grow closer and see their relationship evolve. The ending of this book had me gasping, crying, clutching my pearls. It was nice to see more of Slade’s past and more of the world. Auren has been through so much and although she occasionally slips on her journey she is so resilient. The relationship between Slade and Ryatt is also complex and interesting. There are lots of great written characters

and a lot to happen in the impending war.

I’m really interested to see where the series goes from here but I’m invested 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Easily the best of the series, but that cliffhanger ending though!! The spice between Auren and Slade peaks in this book. But I knew during that ONE scene it was cause everything was going too well despite having 15% of the book left! Also why Argo?? The poor baby did nothing to deserve such treatment!   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

alexiab's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

WHAT KIND OF ENDING WAS THAT WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HELL. 

man this book is did an excellent job of working through characters’ trauma, doing more digging into who they are, and overall healing for Auren after all she’s been through.

There was a lot of shit that didn’t need to be in this book, the Osrik and Rissa stuff was such a waste of time (if you’re gonna do them, do them right? Don’t just do two chapters and expect me to give a shit about them when we could be spending more time with Auren and Slade? Stupid), and I find this author likes to be veeeerryy wordy and flowery, taking multiple paragraphs to make the same point in different metaphorical ways which also wastes my damn time. Also the pacing felt very all over the place, and that made pushing through this brick of a book a bit of a challenge.

that being said, the plot was enjoyable and exciting, the smut is absolutely filthy in the best way, and I still love my babies Auren and Slade. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War

Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-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

5.0

*contains spoilers for previous books in the series*
I'm still processing everything that just happened but HOLY SHIT. This was absolutely amazing, from the character growth to the spice to the reality of newness when it comes to Auren and Slade's budding relationship. This book had everything I could've wanted and more and now the worst part is waiting for the next book, Gold, to come out (hopefully next year!). An extra special shout out to Raven Kennedy for writing this series because I honestly don't know who I would be without these books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Trafficking

dani_reis'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The beginning half really is pretty slow, necessarily, but the end is an emotional rollercoaster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Sexism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Police brutality and Kidnapping