Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lavender and Lightning by Thora Woods

4 reviews

frantically's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This definitely suffers from second book syndrome but it still mostly work.

What makes and partly breaks this are the characters. I loved Lucas and Matt in this and both of their relationships to Lydia but Lex and Rhett made me want to rip my hair out at times.

There's soo much miscommunication and drama drama drama in this one and yes, I know, we need some drama but the way the relationships were established just made believing it harder.

Especially with Rhett, he's already groveled to Lydia but he needs to grovel more for me! 😂 While I love the other pack members, Rhett and Lydia are what sold me on this series in the first place and I hope we see more of them in the last book! This will really only make sense if you've read ACOTAR and this but I think Woods does do a good job of explaining Rhett and Lex's motivation for everything they did and I was just thinking "damn this is what a Tamlin redemption arc could've been like", so I'll leave it at that 😉

Yes, I know, Mat and Rhett, and now Luc, too, are absolutely obsessed with Lydia but sometimes I did have to say "all this for some random girl??" outloud — and I love her, too! But again, we're supposed to believe that this pack can stand against anything and yet they keep being ripped apart by these omegas lol

Also — you're telling me what Seth has on Lex is about a building?? 😭😭 talk about a letdown

We get to meet more of Lyd's family at her brother's wedding (and boy do we get some plot here, too! 😍) and personally, I'm ready for a few redemption arcs there, too 👀

Still love these characters and ready for their HEA 🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual violence

cassie12_21's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

Why the weird cliff hanger again. 
🌶️🌶️.5/5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

F slur and Queer used as a slur, both by Darren to Lydia about her bfs

unicornofthesea'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Alcohol

grilledcheesd'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

i fucking loved this. i don't have a ton of notes though because most of them are about how hot lex is (please hit my fucking line lex oh my god i'm so in love with you) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury