adalheid's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I did not like this book despite the setting and all lesbian characters being so relevant to my interests. I am hoping the rest of the series will not just be a cop book like this because I despise cops and the shitty cop worldview of this POV character that is never challenged. The bizarre was just a lot as well. I give the stars for the cool setting and the fact I at least didn't have to read about any men.
Spoiler
SA scene by a woman from a conveniently all-black family of lesbian ne'er-do-wells and thieves are we fucking serious rn
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Torture, and Sexual assault
babudarabu's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Confinement, Alcohol, and Blood
Minor: Classism and Chronic illness
wyrmes's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Torture
Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
4.0
I read this one fourth in the Celaeno series, but it comes first chronologically (in terms of the over-arching and crossing storylines in the series as well as in terms of publication).
This one is a bit of a surprise. I'm glad I didn't read this one first. More and better sex scenes than the previous few that I read, but not a happy ending. I actually loved that about it, but maybe not what most are looking for when they go and pick up a lesbian romance.
Also, this is the first one I read that didn't have an awesome world-building epilogue at the end, and that's become my favorite part of the books.
Still, a great read - it's another mystery plot line, and this one related to the mystery in Rangers at Roadsend. I'm really glad actually that I read that one first, and then this one as a sort of prequel, instead of in the correct order.
This one is a bit of a surprise. I'm glad I didn't read this one first. More and better sex scenes than the previous few that I read, but not a happy ending. I actually loved that about it, but maybe not what most are looking for when they go and pick up a lesbian romance.
Also, this is the first one I read that didn't have an awesome world-building epilogue at the end, and that's become my favorite part of the books.
Still, a great read - it's another mystery plot line, and this one related to the mystery in Rangers at Roadsend. I'm really glad actually that I read that one first, and then this one as a sort of prequel, instead of in the correct order.
synth's review
1.0
As much as I found the rest of this series to be almost okay, I hated this one. The relationship depicted raised many red flags screaming abuse from the beginning, and devolved into Stockholm syndrome in the last part, in an effort to depict the love interest as not utterly evilTM despite her choices in life, which fails miserably in its simplistic-ness and superficiality. I was also never involved in the main conflict, and found all the supposed twists to be obvious almost as soon as they were introduced.
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