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isi__1's review against another edition
- 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
This instalment kept everything I already liked about the previous title: an engaging plot, amazingly fleshed-out characters who I‘ve really grown to love and whose death is extremely devastating, and an interesting world.
There‘s additional POVs in this book, but it‘s quite easy to get used to them.
Some of the POVs in this series are straight-up bad guys, or morally ambiguous people, but I love to read from their perspective anyway, because I either love to hate them (looking at you, Lykos), or because I can partially understand where they’re coming from. The characters in this book just feel so real to me. I feel like this is how actual people would act in the situations that the book puts them in.
I can’t wait to read the next and last book. I’m so excited to see how everything will be wrapped up.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War
Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
cheazcakeguy's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Grief
josiah17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
But that ending has me distraught. Why do you do this to me Gwynne! 😔
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood
roxy_reads_romance's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and War
ocean_the_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A lot happened in this book. I loved every bit.
I do feel there was a bit of too much waiting and build up. And I really didn't like that Corban wasn't apart of what seemed to be final battle.
Still absolutely adore the friendships and closeness of Corban's warband. And I'm really happy that Veradis stood against Calidus and stopped blindly obeying.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Rape
jaedia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Toxic friendship
kylieqrada's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Rape
seanml's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Highlights: Cywen, Veradis, Alcyon, Fidele, Tukul, Corban, Farrel, Trigg, Laith, Coralen, Wulf, Camlin, Halion, Edana, Balur – the list can go on and on. And also, the amount of different narratives means we have many differing antagonists, so we can enjoy the conflicted villain, the anti-villain, and the classic evil-doer all in the same narrative.
Oh and one more thing: F#^%
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Excrement, and Cannibalism