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jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
akblair's review against another edition
dark
1.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury
nikitanavalkar's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Hello trauma, my old friend. Will there ever BE a book in this series that doesn’t end with shaving a few years off my life? If you’re wondering, the answer is no, no it will not. Can one lose one’s voice by yelling in their kindle notes? Because I did, and I feel like I really screamed myself hoarse. I have literally never been so stressed in my entire life over a book as I have with this series. Well whatever, at least it keeps my mind off of real life crappiness. Bleak, but we take what we can get.
Every time I finish one of these books, I become a different person from when I started it. It’s a whole transformative experience; not always in a good way, but apparently in a way I can’t stop inhaling down my eyeballs. Or whatever the correct expression is, because I really don’t know anything anymore. And the authors have this way of injecting enough humor and hope and happiness into the narrative in every single book that keeps drawing me in and putting a smile on my face and shit, before cruelly pulling the rug right from underneath me. I go down flailing, but then I get up, dust myself off, and head right back into the fray. For real, deranged laughter was all I came up with when I read that authors’ note at the end. I see you, ladies, I see those evil cackles at my pain.
Beware maybe some spoilers beyond this point? Especially for previous books. Idk, proceed with caution.
The main reason that I keep going back for more, and the only one that matters really, is the characters that have creeped and clawed and fought their way into my heart (and okay, the insanely fun world building). I love the lot of them so much that I would die for them, even when they make me mad. At the end there I was about to throw hands for each of them, still am. Because this time at last, they’re a real team. Alone they’re formidable, together they’re a glorious force. The rivalries aren’t gone, but set aside for a worthier fight. Romance might play a big role in these books, but the intricate, twisted, complex relationships within the Vegas and the Heirs and their growing little tribe, are the true star of the show. While the twins (and now Gabriel) and their bonds fill my soul with starlight, the friendships they’ve made within their found family sets those stars ablaze. Darcy finding her emotional support puppy when she needed it most melted my heart into a gooey pulpy mess, as did Tory finding her own emotional support fish 😭 My girls deserve the world after all the crap they go through.
Orion teaching Darcy even when he’s no longer her teacher both turns me on and makes me swoon. Stars can I have my own bossy fae vampire too please and thanks. Darius really does have the emotional range of a teaspoon, totally clueless about what’s right in front of him, but I get it, dude has issues. And then at the end, he had to go and make me dissolve in tears. Dammit Dragon boy. Just please let my vampire-Phoenix-Phoenix-dragon foursome be okay dear stars please! Not that kind of foursome, you gutter rats. The wolf-vampire slow burn we’re being subjected to is about to drive me to drink, and if anything happens to either of them, I will riot. Team Saleb all the way. Max and Geraldine, my noble beautiful duo, all I pray for is your HEA with cuddly, hyperbolizing Cerberus/siren babies. Baby Xavier finally is starting to get his due and the band of spares better show up swinging in the next books.
But wait, I don’t love all the characters. This series may just have stolen the distinction of having my most hated villain of all eternity with Daddy Asscrux, who doesn’t deserve the daddy designation because barf. I would pay for the privilege to inflict pain on him with my bare hands. Yes, a fictional character. I’ve never hated anyone like I loathe him. I have some creative punishments in mind for him, including but not limited to him being roasted alive on a spit, while being water boarded, and buried alive, while slowly being choked. I hope his teeny weeny is chopped off, thrown in a blender, and fed to him through a tube. Mmphhhh he makes me incoherently ragey. Him and shadow bitch too.
This was the Order of the Phoenix (hehe) of this series; with all the loss and heartbreak and gravitas, and I sound as if my soul is not curled into a fetal ball in a corner, heart trampled and flailing around in agony. But believe me when I tell you it is, and now the only question is if I move straight to the next book, or give my heart a break to heal a little before throwing it back into the maelstrom. My hypothetical therapist will hear about this.
Every time I finish one of these books, I become a different person from when I started it. It’s a whole transformative experience; not always in a good way, but apparently in a way I can’t stop inhaling down my eyeballs. Or whatever the correct expression is, because I really don’t know anything anymore. And the authors have this way of injecting enough humor and hope and happiness into the narrative in every single book that keeps drawing me in and putting a smile on my face and shit, before cruelly pulling the rug right from underneath me. I go down flailing, but then I get up, dust myself off, and head right back into the fray. For real, deranged laughter was all I came up with when I read that authors’ note at the end. I see you, ladies, I see those evil cackles at my pain.
Beware maybe some spoilers beyond this point? Especially for previous books. Idk, proceed with caution.
The main reason that I keep going back for more, and the only one that matters really, is the characters that have creeped and clawed and fought their way into my heart (and okay, the insanely fun world building). I love the lot of them so much that I would die for them, even when they make me mad. At the end there I was about to throw hands for each of them, still am. Because this time at last, they’re a real team. Alone they’re formidable, together they’re a glorious force. The rivalries aren’t gone, but set aside for a worthier fight. Romance might play a big role in these books, but the intricate, twisted, complex relationships within the Vegas and the Heirs and their growing little tribe, are the true star of the show. While the twins (and now Gabriel) and their bonds fill my soul with starlight, the friendships they’ve made within their found family sets those stars ablaze. Darcy finding her emotional support puppy when she needed it most melted my heart into a gooey pulpy mess, as did Tory finding her own emotional support fish 😭 My girls deserve the world after all the crap they go through.
Orion teaching Darcy even when he’s no longer her teacher both turns me on and makes me swoon. Stars can I have my own bossy fae vampire too please and thanks. Darius really does have the emotional range of a teaspoon, totally clueless about what’s right in front of him, but I get it, dude has issues. And then at the end, he had to go and make me dissolve in tears. Dammit Dragon boy. Just please let my vampire-Phoenix-Phoenix-dragon foursome be okay dear stars please! Not that kind of foursome, you gutter rats. The wolf-vampire slow burn we’re being subjected to is about to drive me to drink, and if anything happens to either of them, I will riot. Team Saleb all the way. Max and Geraldine, my noble beautiful duo, all I pray for is your HEA with cuddly, hyperbolizing Cerberus/siren babies. Baby Xavier finally is starting to get his due and the band of spares better show up swinging in the next books.
But wait, I don’t love all the characters. This series may just have stolen the distinction of having my most hated villain of all eternity with Daddy Asscrux, who doesn’t deserve the daddy designation because barf. I would pay for the privilege to inflict pain on him with my bare hands. Yes, a fictional character. I’ve never hated anyone like I loathe him. I have some creative punishments in mind for him, including but not limited to him being roasted alive on a spit, while being water boarded, and buried alive, while slowly being choked. I hope his teeny weeny is chopped off, thrown in a blender, and fed to him through a tube. Mmphhhh he makes me incoherently ragey. Him and shadow bitch too.
This was the Order of the Phoenix (hehe) of this series; with all the loss and heartbreak and gravitas, and I sound as if my soul is not curled into a fetal ball in a corner, heart trampled and flailing around in agony. But believe me when I tell you it is, and now the only question is if I move straight to the next book, or give my heart a break to heal a little before throwing it back into the maelstrom. My hypothetical therapist will hear about this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture and Violence
sam019'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? Yes
5.0
Love this series so much. Super glad that it wasn't as depressing as the last couple books! I have no other works for this book other than the fact that I loved every page of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
somethingcoffee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture and Violence
juliette_95'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? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
elenamarmiroli's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Questo volume è stato decisamente meno avvincente dei precedenti, sia a causa di un inizio lungo che non mi ha preso, sia per alcune idiozie compiute dai protagonisti sul finale e il fatto che esso mi sia sembrato troppo improvviso e affrettato.
Per fortuna il prossimo volume esce tra un po', quindi spero che prendendomi una pausa da questo mondo, potrò apprezzare il prossimo volume maggiormente.
Per fortuna il prossimo volume esce tra un po', quindi spero che prendendomi una pausa da questo mondo, potrò apprezzare il prossimo volume maggiormente.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Blood
ceruleanshelves's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
I had to read this one slowly only because I know the next book isn't projected to release until December (possibly sooner !! ALSO - the LAST book?! AHHH). As usual, Caroline & Susanne know how to hit their readers right in the feels, but also with laughs and great romantic moments. Words can't even begin to describe how much I have loved reading this series. I will wait with bated breath for the much-anticipated conclusion, but until then I'll prob reread ZA over & over and give their other series a go. By the stars, I can't wait!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
sophier's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence