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Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller

21 reviews

carolined314's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

A twisty fantasy romance with lots of social anxiety awareness. Frustrated by the one-book-slashed-in-2 plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Grief

bellebookstitch666's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Classism

mythian's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and War

hayzey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chirin_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Cons: The chemistry felt inorganic for the first 3/4 of the book. Kellyn seemed flat to me at times. Ziva’s vocabulary use bothered me occasionally— almost as if that was the only way the author could think of to give her a “unique voice.” Just a personal preference, but this made some conversions frustrating. Conflict resolution felt forced for most of the book.  Kymora was a standard villain. Biggest concern was that the representation/cast diversity read as token— a subtle sentence here and there or a one-chapter side character. If you’re going to make the cast diverse, commit!! 

Pros: THOROUGHLY enjoyed the last 1/4 of the book, not just because of the sudden chemistry, but mostly because it seemed like Kellyn had a real personality outside his macho bravado. Maybe this was intentional, but I would have liked to see more of a gradual build. Temra and Petrick were excellent. Hopefully even more of them in book 2. The world building was interesting! Classically medieval, fun fairytale references. Ziva’s anxiety makes her a unique main character; I also would have liked a more gradual development of this as well. Looking forward to seeing the cast again in book 2!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

kassidyreads's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

coldmorningair's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Murder

shadereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death

Minor: Murder

asahome's review against another edition

4.0

A customer pays a blacksmith to make a sword. She makes the sword then doesn't want to give it to the customer. The customer chases her down to get the sword she paid for.

Content Warnings added from  Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller - Book Trigger Warnings 
Representation: Social Anxiety (main character/narrator)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

katja24's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Great for a teenager who enjoys battles and angst. The main character goes through a lot of “self discovery” which may be relatable to the target audience.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence