Reviews tagging 'Death'

These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan

16 reviews

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.5

Compared to the last book this one was super slow. I took week’s getting through that first third of it. It was a lot of build up; however, when it got going it was amazing. The world building, the character relationships, the plot was all so good and worked as an excellent sequel. The twists were even better than the last book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Slavery, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I only read this book because Book 1's ending had me thinking there would be an epic female lead with an antivillain arc. I couldn't have been more wrong. To me, this felt like a Wattpad Y/N crossover fanfic of Mortal Instruments, ACOTAR, and The Vampire Diaries. This book almost mad me dislike reading again. I didn't enjoy the undertones perpetuated through the elements of goblins and slave camps. I couldn't figure out how Brie is supposed to be, but I'm hoping she was 18 because if she wasn't, certain scenes of this book shouldn't exist. 

I hated both love interests, but the main character made me unreasonably angry. The entire time, it felt like watching The Vampire Diaries. Both Brie and Elena Gilbert had the constant narrative of "I don't want this power, but I want these two brothers and I don't want to choose." Maybe I just prefer sound decisions, but her constant back and forth and emotional manipulation of both love interests was infuriating. 

The book was definitely romance heavy because certain aspects of violence and war weren't as detailed as the other Fantasy books I've read since first reading These Hollow Vows. 

Overall, I did not enjoy this book. Both books made me so angry. I had high hopes for it as this duology was my first time reading Fantasy ever. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Deportation

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

luckylulureads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

For a book labeled YA, it’s pretty spicy at certain points. This takes place between a minor and an immortal fae who is decades older.

sohma4uesugi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

It’s rare that a sequel is just as good as the first, but that’s the case here. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gore

Minor: Sexual content