Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury

26 reviews

bookswhitme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Eating disorder

mitzee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

While magic is an aspect of the book and the characters, the main focus of the story is really personal relationships and solving a mystery. It’s weird to say but really this book has everything: crime/mystery, family relationships, personal growth, magic/fantasy, sci-fi, queer relationships, Black history, trans issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Slavery

lemonlord_of_the_south's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

This was a great duology and a great continuation for the first book. I found the characters were more fleshed out in this one and the motivation was a lot clearer. 
I felt the ending wrapped up the story in a very satisfying way and made up for a lot of the frustration I felt in the first book.
Some of the miscommunication didn't make sens but only small parts for me at least. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Slavery, and Police brutality

caelinsullivan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Police brutality

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

librarybookscene's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

annagwritesandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

I personally had a tougher time getting through the first 100 pages of Blood Like Magic, but NOT with Blood Like Fate! I was invested from the beginning, 300 pages seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye, and I could NOT have predicted how this ended in a million years.

If you haven't read the first book, this would be a good point to stop reading this review. No major spoilers, but with this being the second book, there are some inherent ones!

We are still following Voya, who is now the Thomas Matriarch with TWO gifts. Justin is trapped in a NuSap body in the Thomas's basement, along with Keis being trapped in the house. Luc is not speaking to Voya still, the family doesn't trust Voya in the Matriarch role and then something happens: She looks into the future and sees ALL witches in turmoil, with Luc wishing it wouldn't have happened.

What I thoroughly enjoyed with this book was seeing the other witch families, going to their homes, learning their personalities, and seeing how they each felt about Voya's vision. I feel like their backstories were fleshed out and I was invested in every single character (good and bad of course).

I thought the ending with twisty and perfect, lovely, and a wonderful way to close out the duology. I would HIGHLY recommend :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

lilo_si's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, and Blood

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, and Transphobia

zias's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Eating disorder