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kphmitten'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
3.0
Graphic: Violence
bzliz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The big plot twist at the end felt strongly foreshadowed throughout and it really goes to show that you canāt trust that the dead will remain so in this universe. No one is safe. Eliseās mother and two kidnapped guards show us the first few hints of humanity in any of the Timorans beyond Elise. The downright cruel nature some characters display really toes the line on cartoonishness but rarely crosses over. Iām excited to read the next and continue Elise and Valenās story.Ā
Content Warnings:
Blood, death, injury, murder, violence, war (on page):
Torture (off page):
Kidnapping & confinement (on page):
Fire/fire injury (on page):
Rape, sexual assault, sexual violence (off page): <spoilers>A captured female Raven is described as having had one of the Timoran captains force himself on her. Addition mentions made of these types of violence being committed against women.
Sexual content (on page):
Slavery (off page):
Vomit (on page):
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War
Moderate: Kidnapping and Torture
Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
marzreadz2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Torture, War, Sexual content, Murder, and Kidnapping
Minor: Vomit and Rape
geekoncaffeine'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, and War
koistyfishy'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? It's complicated
3.5
- The romance is lacklustre. Nothing happens between the characters for almost 50% of the book because they are both constantly wishy washy about what they want and feel and try to stay away. But one touch and then they kiss to go back to avoiding each other like the plague. It felt like they spent too long fighting what they felt for each other and then like a light bulb it just switched back on - in almost instalovie vibes that was a bit unbelievable. š¤¢
- The pace of the plot is strange, it goes from a really good pace that I was lapping up, to being incredibly slow and moving nowhere to again speeding through the end.Ā
- The plot remains too predictable even for my taste of reading the same tropes over and over, that it almost feels childish how predictable the ātwistā was.Ā
- The plot also really doesnāt go anywhere, itās almost like most of this could have just been added to book 1 (to make it longer than it was) and made this a duology, instead of have us suffer through a book with āmiddle book syndrome.ā
- Eliseās character feels flat and emotionless. Whist I understand that Valen betrayed her and broke her heart, she deals with this by feeling nothing. It ends up making her a very uninteresting character that I didnāt want to read her POV because it was constantly the same pity party in her head about how Valen didnāt chose her and how she couldnāt understand why he didnāt want to be King and how she had the emotions of a potato.
- The soft attempt of a Love Triangle was almost there and as much as I donāt really like Love Triangles it would have added a little more angst to an already drawn out plot that might have given it that little extra thing it needed to not feel boring.Ā
- Valenās Nameā¦ have I mentioned already how I donāt like the new one?Ā
Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Blood, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault
bitchqueen's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: War and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content