wildatheart1339's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Classism, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Vomit, and Pregnancy
peacelilies1's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Homophobia
ohloulou'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Homophobia
pitsikakku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent
jennp28's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: War, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
menomica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
He knows now the word for the soaring feeling he gets in his chest every time he looks at his squire. He knows now the name of the song his body sings when he touches his friend. It is love. And it is impossible.
Once you know and understand that this book was originally a stucky fanfic everything clicks. Like once you see and accept that it’s a repackaged
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I know they had to chang the names for legal reasons but I need to know the original character roster. Who the fuck was Montegue in the original fic??? Every time there was a new character introduced I was like was that originally and MCU character or an OC? Someone send me the characterlist I’m dying to know!!!That being said, I would argue this book does manage to stand on its own. Like for me at least I enjoyed watching
Idk I liked it. Wouldn’t be mad if there was a sequel 🤷🏾♀️.
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Uncle Iain is definitely the kids favorite. Plus I’d love to see Aly, Harry and Iain’s relationship after the books.Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Confinement, and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Animal death
rey_therese07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Animal death, and War
Minor: Death of parent
r_a's review against another edition
3.75
“I loved you before and I love you now and I’m going to lose you.’"
"And if this is the act that will send him to Hell, then he is willing to burn."
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I found the title to be misleading. I believe that The French Boy would have been a more appropriate title, as it more accurately reflects the subject matter of the story. However, this would have given away the reveal of Iain’s identity, spoiling it before readers could connect the dots themselves. I also had anticipated that the story would be set more in Scotland and would explore how the main characters' love for each other helped them to overcome their prejudices towards the Scottish and the English. Although I recognise that this may have been too idealistic given the historical setting of the story (though the story isn’t historically accurate to begin with), it could have been interesting to see this explored further. Instead, the book primarily focused on international political secrets and the dangers surrounding the legitimate claim to the French throne. Furthermore, as the book had spent a considerable amount of time building up theories and speculating about who would claim the throne, I had expected that we would spend more time in France than we did to gain a deeper understanding of the political machinations taking place there. However, even though the book only briefly touched on France towards the end, it's worth noting that we spent more time in France than we did in Scotland, despite 'Scottish' being in the title of the book."I will always come back to you. Always. Even if I have to drag myself out of the grave to do it."
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content
melarareading's review
As many people have said, the constant sex scenes are very graphic, and because the love story gives me the creeps, I couldn't stomach them.
Things I would change: the age of the protagonist, the development of the love story (maybe a love kiss before
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masturbating each otherGraphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia
myarae's review
- 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: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War