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adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Continuing from the first book in this duology, I am again conflicted in my review. I did get more about the gods and Vincent/Oraya's past, which is what I was looking for, but... this dragged. I just never felt the chemistry between Raihn & Oraya and so when they were fighting over what Raihn did (which - valid, girl, I don't know if I could be in the same room with him after that in the beginning) I wasn't super rooting for them to get back together. I found myself skimming pages to get to the good parts. The ending was, in some ways, expected and, in others, unsatisfying. Now the question becomes - do I do what I did to myself with the Hades/Persephone series and push to read the rest in this world to see if it gets better or do I cut my losses on this series? Time will tell.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism