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Dark Harmony by Laura Thalassa

21 reviews

kaadee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

All that build up for.. that? I could’ve killed the Thief in two seconds just by being smarter than Callie (it wouldn’t take much) Anyways, Desmond Flynn will have to go into my book of ‘Fictional characters with white hair that I want to fuck’.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

bangiebangs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-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

4.0

I was really excited to see where the story ends. The previous books set up a number of threads, and I thought the resolution was really well done. For a while, I thought it would go differently (but dont wanna spoil), and was pleasantly surprised about

how a siren can kill a god

. I wish Temper had a bigger role here (or maybe an additional story of her/Malaki?). 

I found this book so captivating, I read the whole thing in a day. I'm unlikely to re-read the series, I think, but wholly recommend if you like the tropes (fae, fated mates, finding your own power, powerful heroine), like a bit of kink (esp in this book), and like to laugh (lots of pretty contemporary-sounding sass). 

Didn't love the HP references (or the GoT ones...), but that is relatively minor. In general, I find that any mentions of companies/websites/books or series tends to age badly. Either you're binding a story to a specific decade, or you run the risk of a reference souring (like HP... and honestly, the GoT one as well, but S8 wasn't out yet when this was written...). 

Lots of sex and violence, and I am here for a siren who gets turned on by being a bit sadistic. Good show for trying to make a character a little less likeable with her morally questionable deeds... still love them both, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

katvou'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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

selestre's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

kfergey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense 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? Yes

5.0

This series is…..

*chef’s kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Rape

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Pregnancy, and War

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

A majority of the book is great. But I found the twist with the Thief to be a little disappointing. I think it would have been better

 if he was just some maniacal fairy and not some over powered god

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Alcohol

baukje87's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape