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bisexualwentworth's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Things I loved:
- Bisexual mermaid!
- Stone butch lesbian princess!
- Godpunk!
- The narrative definitely has empathy and respect for sex workers.
Things I didn't like:
- A lot of the prose.
- The names were just kind of challenging for me. Typical of this sort of fantasy, but challenging.
- Unquestioned authority of royalty.
- Excessive mentions of and threats of sexual violence/rape to prove that the world is dark. This could have been used in tandem with other types of oppressive violence much more effectively than this book did.
Overall, would recommend if the description sounds good to you. It is what it says it's going to be, and I always appreciate that in a book.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Alcohol
wildatheart1339's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
the_lesbrarian's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.75
This is a very romance-heavy romantasy. Due to my personal reading preferences, I wish it was longer and more time had been given to development of the political and magic systems.
There are some big skips in logic, plot holes, and a very simple solution to the big problem that the book ends on,
That being said, I really enjoyed this book and will be reading the next one. This is a wild ride and a sweet romance in a fantasy setting turn your brain off & enjoy
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism
khayes2'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Sexual violence and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent
Minor: Incest, Vomit, and War
starrysteph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
zoloft_lesbian's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
bialves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment
ezwolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Suicide
Minor: Incest, Self harm, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
house_of_hannah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
It only get worse from there with the princess
There's a side character that I actually rather like, and seems to be based off of a Tiefling from D&D; at least that is definitely how I viewed her. She is the only voice of reason in this story, and even says this to the princess, "
There was one point where I was very close to DNFing this book. The story takes a very stereotypical turn when
With all of this happening, I was actually pleasantly surprised by the writting. I did encounter several typos, but nothing that really took my out of the story. The actual romance between the mermaid and princess was also cute, but I had to ignore everything that had previously happened to enjoy it. I was also intrigued by the politics between countries and their dieties, and felt invested in the story. This is why I feel so conflicted, and will not be giving this a rating.
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Vomit and Death of parent