Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

50 reviews

kstrammel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

pagesofnay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage

eeriekeri's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Deadnaming, Genocide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny

5.0

This was such a fun book. Wyatt is so dramatic and probably needs a life coach to help with decision making, but I love him. Emyr was a great surprise and idk, he can be my king any day. I love how supportive the main group in this is. Also, the ending - RUDE. Off to buy the sequel. XD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, and Sexual content

kerttuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

loverrbboy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

i’d recommend this just based on the dragons and the giant wolf puppy … a trans protagonist with some great gender prose and a lot of anger. all the queer characters are so lovingly written. a lot of fictional politics in here that were hard to follow at the end but these kids are Good. magic is cool

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and War

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and War

bingo_banjo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

whatthefridge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

It took a little while for me to get into the worldbuilding. The Fae stuff didn't include things I'm used to and the Witch stuff didn't do what I thought it would (I thought it'd be like witches can only be women but aHa trans witch), but in the end I got on board with it.

The relationship Wyatt has with Briar is queerplatonic, which should be a big yay from me, but most of the time it felt like Briar was Wyatt's crutch. I'm glad the story addresses this, but it's still a bit tedious to go through.

I like the chemistry between Wyatt and Emyr. Part of me wishes Emyr had a bit more personality to him because there's not enough show of why he and Wyatt are compatible with their personalities.

There's also the ending that bugged me. There's an entire moustache-twirling villain monologue style thing where the grand plan has to be verbally spelled out to everyone in the room, which conveniently includes *everyone* important in that room.

But, like, I adore Wyatt as a character, and he did a great job carrying the story without making it drag.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Police brutality

Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming and Sexual assault

asworlds's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

3.25

So, I had high expectations that were not met unfortunately. There's a lot to say, but I dont want to take up your time. Some plot holes, some bad character development. If you're okay with tumblr shitpost style writing, then try it out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Transphobia