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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

39 reviews

frankiebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

corsetedfeminist's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I don't even know how to begin to write this. 

Genuinely, I haven't been this affected by and in love with a book series in ages. 

I'll try really hard to write a spoiler free review as I normally do. 

Often second books in a trilogy are a bit slow and just setting up the third book. Not this one. This book is strong and twisty and emotional all by itself. I laughed, I cried, 1 yelled at Sel..... 

Bree continued to make her space as one of my new favorite FMCs, and I love the way she is allowed to be kind of a hot mess and actually struggle for much of the book while still being strong and loved. One again, the last couple of chapters broke me, in the best way, as we watched her truly claim her power for herself. 

I liked how we saw even more of Nick's courage and fire in this, while letting him continue to be Bree's safe space. 

(Yes, this made the ending worse. No I am not okay.) 

Sel's development in this book was extremely well done, and I literally cried when he held Bree together but also I wanted to strangle him for so much of the book because of some of his other choices. He is the illusive actually morally grey character everyone wants, but also just a traumatized baby. 

Also, this is probably the first time l've actually cared about a love triangle and genuinely don't know how I want it to turn out. And a straight love triangle at that. My lesbian ancestors are ashamed of me. 

The side characters continue to be a highlight of these books. Especially Alice and William. But really, William. I love him so much. I also enjoyed some of our new side characters, especially Valec, Hazel, and Lu, as well as Mariah's increased role. 

Also, that plot twist with Arthur? My word. 

Also, I want to give mention again to the expert handling of racism and the history of slavery in these books. So often books use those issues and stories just for fake depth, but this series is so much more, and I can't explain it. 

I thought I knew what the plot would be going into this book, and I most certainly did not. It was, instead, about 500 times better. These two books together have rewritten my soul, and I apparently have to function now? And cope? 

And wait for the naw hank?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, War, and Classism

chaleyah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

julie2525's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident

hayreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

Got this book on a whim bc it was cheap. Was pleasantly surprised, though I'm getting really tired of Bree making an irrational decision and then immediately facing the consequences. I'm not sure if she's made one good choice through both books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

saucy_bookdragon'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? It's complicated

4.5

”I will make it a nightmare on my own terms if i must.”

This series makes me more nostalgic for the YA fantasy I read as a teen more than any sequel to the series I actually read as a teen could.

Bloodmarked is a jammed-pack twisty sequel that expands on the world and characters, in particular fleshing out how the broader fantasy world works and characters such as Sel and William (my sons). Though the pacing could’ve been better, there’s a lot that happens in this and it at times can feel random or plotless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

danysgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

I love this book, I love this series, and I love everything about it. The characters, the plot, the magic, the world, all of it. I cannot wait until book 3!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Bloodmarked picks up where we left off with Legendborn in both story and themes. Bloodmarked continues to show us how grief can affect us and how we may think we are dealing with grief can just be us portraying it in another way.
Along with the grief racism is still a major topic of the book and the mental weight it takes on someone to constantly have those battles. A new topic that the book touched on was generational trauma. I think the first book touched on it briefly but it was much more of a focus in this book and how trauma can be passed down without the knowledge that is what is happening.

I thought overall the book was really hard hitting. There was some new characters that we met and can't wait to see more of them in the next book and what role they will play going forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Rape and Violence

fleur____'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity