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bkwrm1317's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-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
A story of friendship, hope, courage, and adventure, Crimson Reign wraps up the Blood Heir trilogy súper solidly and cleanly.
We catch up with our main cast of characters over time at the beginning of the novel, and eventually get updated and adventures for the whole gang, converging on finding a particular artifact that can reverse the tide of Ana’s conflict with her aunt Morganya, who hopes to wield great power for herself only.
Character dev is stronger for some characters than others in this final book of the trilogy, and some of their flaws are examined (stubbornness, the desire to not let the people we love possibly be hurt, and much more).
I love that Ana realized the people are who should make decisions about their lives and futures.
Elements of romance, but no smut, and not a main focus of the novel. Some violence and gore (it is war, after all). Magic system doesn’t feel entirely unique but there are elements that are different/unique to the world built by Wen Zhao.
We catch up with our main cast of characters over time at the beginning of the novel, and eventually get updated and adventures for the whole gang, converging on finding a particular artifact that can reverse the tide of Ana’s conflict with her aunt Morganya, who hopes to wield great power for herself only.
Character dev is stronger for some characters than others in this final book of the trilogy, and some of their flaws are examined (stubbornness, the desire to not let the people we love possibly be hurt, and much more).
I love that Ana realized the people are who should make decisions about their lives and futures.
Elements of romance, but no smut, and not a main focus of the novel. Some violence and gore (it is war, after all). Magic system doesn’t feel entirely unique but there are elements that are different/unique to the world built by Wen Zhao.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and War
Minor: Xenophobia
macaroniapie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content
r1vana's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
No one is born a monster,she said quietly. We become monsters because of our choices.
Ana has created her own revolution named Red Tigress: It had become the symbol for her party, for her revolution.
The symbol for a new Cyrilia: an equal, balanced land free of oppression, where Affinites and non-Affinites walked side by side.
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Ana; till the very end, she has always taught about her people before her.
Ramson; I am glad to see his character growth in this last book: Your heart is your compass.
Ramson wasn’t sure he fully understood what that meant anymore. His heart pointed in a completely different direction than his mind, than what made sense.
Linn; I enjoyed her pov. Whenever I read her chapters, I feel like she was the main character. She definitely stands out a lot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
veronikahvee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
5.0
Whew!! It's over my friends! I cannot believe this journey has finally reached its end. It's wild to think how I first heard of this book trilogy through a less fun series of events and it ended up becoming a most beloved story to me. I mean, I already knew I'd enjoy it just from the summary, but I didn't expect to end up having it up there with my all time faves.
As the rating of this and my opening paragraph clearly hint at: I loved this final book. It was a fantastic wrap-up of Ana's, Ramson's, Linn's and Kaïs' stories, both as individual stories as well as their overarching story.
The high stakes were always high, the dangers were real, the emotions were messy as it usually is with us humans and the big climax was *chef's kiss*.
I honestly think Amélie did an excellent job at ending her debut. She had a goal and it slowly unfolded before my eyes and it was great to be kept at the edge of the seat as I read her beautiful writing open more and more of what she had planned for us poor readers. The angst was off the charts, it was really angsty in the way you just go *insert meme of old man clutching his chest*, but it had a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm grateful for that (don't want angst if it's just suffering kay??). The most sensitive topics were well-handled as well, I could tell Amélie cared for these topics and wanted to write them well, but without sugar-coating anything.
Now for my more loose fangirl comments alskjdlasd this trilogy has filled the hole the grisha trilogy left in me. I'm serious, it's like Amélie knew all that I love about tgt, picked it and wrote something utterly satisfying without the things I was left wanting or disappointed with in tgt. I don't usually say this, but it's the final book and the final review, so I had to say it at some point, especially now that I reached the end haha. Also the main ship is... nikolina but endgame y'all *chef's kiss*!! oh one more thing, in spoilers in case you reading this review want to read tgt but don't want spoilers: the blood heir trilogy handled the magic/powers and the loss of said powers in the way I wish tgt had handled. especially the loss! what it does to a wielder, how it affects their life! it was excellent, honestly. as well as the variety in powers, I loved that. ok, now I'm done haha alksdj
PS: got a new otp and it's called Ramsana!! WOOO
As the rating of this and my opening paragraph clearly hint at: I loved this final book. It was a fantastic wrap-up of Ana's, Ramson's, Linn's and Kaïs' stories, both as individual stories as well as their overarching story.
The high stakes were always high, the dangers were real, the emotions were messy as it usually is with us humans and the big climax was *chef's kiss*.
I honestly think Amélie did an excellent job at ending her debut. She had a goal and it slowly unfolded before my eyes and it was great to be kept at the edge of the seat as I read her beautiful writing open more and more of what she had planned for us poor readers. The angst was off the charts, it was really angsty in the way you just go *insert meme of old man clutching his chest*, but it had a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm grateful for that (don't want angst if it's just suffering kay??). The most sensitive topics were well-handled as well, I could tell Amélie cared for these topics and wanted to write them well, but without sugar-coating anything.
Now for my more loose fangirl comments alskjdlasd this trilogy has filled the hole the grisha trilogy left in me. I'm serious, it's like Amélie knew all that I love about tgt, picked it and wrote something utterly satisfying without the things I was left wanting or disappointed with in tgt. I don't usually say this, but it's the final book and the final review, so I had to say it at some point, especially now that I reached the end haha. Also the main ship is... nikolina but endgame y'all *chef's kiss*!! oh one more thing, in spoilers in case you reading this review want to read tgt but don't want spoilers:
PS: got a new otp and it's called Ramsana!! WOOO
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death and Violence
caidyn's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? Yes
4.0
A solid ending to the series. To be honest, I was expecting a different ending but I did like this one. I finally felt that the history this is inspired by came through in this book, so that was a lot of fun!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
bookwormbullet's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood