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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

43 reviews

awkwardimagination's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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 thought Legendborn burnt me out,,, at least I had the second book waiting for me. Now I have to wait for the third for some indeterminate amount of time.

The amount of pain and trauma every single character has gone through in this book is absurd. Just bc the first one had more deaths doesn't make this one any better. 

Because this is the second book all the characters are coming into their own more and becoming more loveable.

I'm still not onboard the Sel and Bree train, I wish they would be platonic like Will and Bree, but they are well written I'll give them that.

I'm looking forward to the next book, I need to know how this turns out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

jadorereadss's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

I'm still trying to process everything that happened with this book... so for now all I can do is give it 4.5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Gaslighting, and War

shaipanda's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book was insaneee - I read it over a longer period than I probably would have otherwise since I read it mostly at work but I absolutely loved it and I cannot wait for the third and final one!! 
Truly one of the best series I’ve ever read and worth every bit of hype it’s gotten and more imo :) 
Is definitely a darker and more violent book/series at times tho so recommend checking trigger warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

smoakwithwifi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

willow_heartfilia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Rape and Slavery

Regarding the slavery and rape content warnings, if you read the first book then you should know that

it is regarding situations in the past with the characters’ ancestors. However, unlike the first book where you experience the memory walk and witness some of their traumatic memories, Bloodmarked may refer to that knowledge gained in passing, but it doesn’t show anything as prominent.

saltylane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

The two books in this series (so far??) are full of emotions and plenty of drama & action. There are many mysteries intertwined, and by the end, most are buttoned up nicely… Others are left to either set up for an additional book or  to give readers something to think about after. 
It’s rough listening to some scenes, especially because the reader is excellent at inflecting intense emotions in their voice acting. There are heartbreaking moments, as well as moments that will leave you mentally yelling at the very-much-flawed characters when  they make questionable decisions. 
The author has a good method of fleshing out characters in a way that makes them very three-dimensional and making their interconnected relationships really show in the best and worst ways. The twist endings and plot points are also ones that make sense and aren’t there only to mess with the reader expectations. The end of this book especially makes me want to know the answers to the many questions left by the last words. If there’s not an additional book in the series, the ending still works, even with threads hanging in uncertain directions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Transphobia, Vomit, and Pregnancy

mimo_'s review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

tracy deonn, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly.

i am shaking and crying

i want pg 479 printed onto my forehead and framed above my bed

ALSO WHY DID IT END LIKE THAT PLZZZZZZZ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Rape

martin27's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

I had a lot of high expectations set by the first book, and this sequel goes above and beyond. The characters from the first book are just as enjoyable and easily remind me why I love them, and the new characters fit in seamlessly. I especially love that Alice got to be a main member of the cast for this one, since she spent the first book mostly as a background player. 

The world building is incredible and the different real world inspirations are balanced so well. And Deonn is especially good at writing hooks that keep you reading just one more page, just one more chapter… until you’re halfway through the book in one sitting. The twists are wonderful.

Most of all, Bree is just such a wonderful protagonist. It’s impossible not to root for her (pun not intended). She’s a complex character with a lot of hopes, dreams, and fears, and she’s… well, as Valec likes to call her, a powerhouse. It’s so satisfying to see Bree call out hypocrisy and to push back when others want to make her choices for her. She’s a joy to read about, and I’m very patiently awaiting the next book in the series (well, sort of patiently).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Torture, Medical content, and War

Minor: Vomit

Tagged “torture” because that is specifically what it’s called in the book, but it’s more similar to magical gaslighting, I guess. Tagged “medical content” because while most of the healing in the book is magical, the guy doing the healing is also a med student and usually describes what’s going on

xlipkins's review

adventurous emotional 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: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing and Murder

Minor: Rape