Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Foxglove by Adalyn Grace

20 reviews

andreapepsii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, and Murder

emily_therese_4's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

ellejo3's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

The continued casual ableism in this series is disappointing. In Belladonna, Death alluded that a disabled man's life was worth less than an able-bodied person's because he would've lived with pain wrought in his bones, as though it was a mercy that Signa's choice led to his death. In Foxglove, this trend continued with the way Signa treated Blythe. Signa deliberately mentioned that she had to hide the truth from Blythe because of Blythe's illness and how frail that made her. This is despite the fact that we got Blythe's point of view and could repeatedly see how strong and capable Blythe was throughout this book. I could understand Signa wanting to hide the truth because she's afraid that it'd cost her relationship with Blythe, but Signa repeatedly infantilized Blythe simply because of her illness.

This book also suffered from second book syndrome. It was unnecessarily long. Signa didn't grow at all. She was willing to make the same choice as in book one

taking an innocent person's life to spare someone in her family

, having learned nothing about the cost of death. The mystery was stagnant for most of the book, only to unfurl on its own by happenstance at the end. I wanted to like Fate, but he had no concept of consent. I haven't forgiven Death for his ableism in book one and so I didn't care about his relationship with Signa. The way Signa revealed her secret to Blythe didn't make sense and while it wasn't quite the miscommunication trope, it was only a few degrees off.

The parts of this book I enjoyed were the ghosts in Foxglove and Blythe's journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Animal death

margaret_k30's review against another edition

adventurous sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Death

organizedxchaos's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Self harm, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

attempted abortion/miscarriage

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Adding Blythe's pov for select chapters was a wonderful choice, because hearing about someone else's impressions of Signa was insightful to the world Grace created. I do not typically read historical romance, regency or not, with the courting of young women during their seasons, tea parties, croquet matches, and fox hunts, but throw in supernatural elements like Signa who reaps lives, Death himself, and now Fate, too? I'm hooked. Book 3 cannot come out soon enough to shine a light on the new relationships. Signa has found family and a home, and Blythe has a life to fight for with no one to hold her back. Wisteria is bound to be full of adventures, snark and sass, and mystical happenings, and romance. 

The B&N edition having a chapter after the full novel from Death's pov is a perfect touch to the whole reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

While I could guess where the story was going to end I very much enjoyed the journey there. I can’t wait to learn more about Life Death and Fate and how Signa fits in with all of that. Blythe gets some POVs too and I enjoyed them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

courtyshorty's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This one was definitely more of a romance than a mystery, especially in comparison to the first one. Again, the culprit was less exciting than I would have liked. On the bright side, we got a better understanding of Signa’s powers, and it was enjoyable seeing things from Blythes POV. I look forward to seeing her torment Fate in the 3rd book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Gore

xom4e's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I would give this 10 stars if I could! Big loves. I didn’t think this would be better than the first book, Belladonna, but it absolutely positively was!! 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

I actually CAN NOT wait for Wisteria.