Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout

4 reviews

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

3.0

This Poppy/Cas 2.0 book really didn't need to be this long. The major stuff happens in the second half of the book with the major plot twists (saw coming a mile away) in the last 15% of the book. Mostly just angst. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Did I also feel dragged through unnecessary stuff? Yes. But the last 15% of your book and some hot smut scenes can only carry your book so far. Also, one of these stars is specifically for the baby dragons. If they weren't in the book... well y'all can math. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Child abuse

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deesquared's review against another edition

3.0

I found this story engaging and entertaining and was left wanting more - there's no doubt JLA is a great storyteller. 

However, this story was very familiar. Almost verbatim of FBAA (yes, I know it's a prequel/part of the main series). There was a part where Sera sees a dead baby and is like ~if anything ever hurts any of my descendents I'll annihilate them~... It took away from the story imo. 

Moreover, some of the writing itself wasn't the best and would take you out of the story as you're reading it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual violence