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scijessreads's review against another edition
4.0
This was three stories in one. A dark tale of survival as Auset lived as property to be broken down and beaten, only to find strength in the darkness and the killing to hold on and desire freedom (or at least welcome death). A story of learning to trust and accept fate and find that the world is more than she thought with the help of her Scorpion mates. And lastly, a story of lost identity, a search for answers as to who she was, and finding that where you come from may not always be better than where you ended up.
Auset fights for everything, learns to accept that there are others that will fight by her side, and learns that sometimes true freedom comes in giving yourself over to trust in fate and a trio of mates willing to kill for you.
Auset fights for everything, learns to accept that there are others that will fight by her side, and learns that sometimes true freedom comes in giving yourself over to trust in fate and a trio of mates willing to kill for you.
mimig312's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
wonderhallreads'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
4.0
Order of Scorpions (standalone) was the first book Iโve read by author Ivy Asher and let me tell you, WOW. This book absolutely had me kicking my feet and gasping. Between the spice and the incredibly descriptive world building, I absolutely loved it. This was also a first for me in terms of tropes, although I didnโt go into this book realizing that it was more of a why choose, I actually thoroughly enjoyed it! I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good fantasy thatโs fast-paced, action packed and is a why choose romance.
Favorite Quotes:
"๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง."
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ."
Definitely recommend reading if you enjoy the following:
โจ Morally Grey Characters
โจ Shadow Magic
โจ Forgotten Memories
โจ Why Choose
โจ Fated Mates
โจ Slow Burn
Favorite Quotes:
"๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง."
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ."
Definitely recommend reading if you enjoy the following:
โจ Morally Grey Characters
โจ Shadow Magic
โจ Forgotten Memories
โจ Why Choose
โจ Fated Mates
โจ Slow Burn
mgraham97's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
dpearson5257's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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? No
5.0
This was so freaking good! Itโs rare we get a RH fantasy standalone and I think this book had a plan, it executed that plan, and wrapped up beautifully!!
Asher does give warnings at the front of the book, this is a dark fantasy romance and Iโm either numb to the violence or Iโve read more disturbing things on page but I donโt think the violence was that bad, itโs more on the uncensual side but best believe our girl did not forget a single thing that happened to her!
Her story was intense, it was mysterious, her internal thoughts and struggles were warranted and the love story was top tier!!!!!
The menโsโฆ.i immediately fell for the golden retriever lol I had fun figuring out which dog personality would fit who, and weโve got a Golden, a German Sheppard and a Plothoundโฆnow what that means youโll have to just read and find out. But just know they were 10 toes strong in their mate and I was here for the freaking ride!!!!
Asher does give warnings at the front of the book, this is a dark fantasy romance and Iโm either numb to the violence or Iโve read more disturbing things on page but I donโt think the violence was that bad, itโs more on the uncensual side but best believe our girl did not forget a single thing that happened to her!
Her story was intense, it was mysterious, her internal thoughts and struggles were warranted and the love story was top tier!!!!!
The menโsโฆ.i immediately fell for the golden retriever lol I had fun figuring out which dog personality would fit who, and weโve got a Golden, a German Sheppard and a Plothoundโฆnow what that means youโll have to just read and find out. But just know they were 10 toes strong in their mate and I was here for the freaking ride!!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence
booksandfabric's review against another edition
5.0
This was intense
I knew I wanted to read this book when it first came out. Now that I have finished it I am so glad that I read it. I loved this. Right front eh beginning I was hooked on needing to know who Auset was, and where she came from. And I read I came up with ideas, and thoughts to fill that answer in. But I was not expecting that. Not one bit. If your not sure about reading this, give it a shot.
I knew I wanted to read this book when it first came out. Now that I have finished it I am so glad that I read it. I loved this. Right front eh beginning I was hooked on needing to know who Auset was, and where she came from. And I read I came up with ideas, and thoughts to fill that answer in. But I was not expecting that. Not one bit. If your not sure about reading this, give it a shot.
ode_to_odette's review
adventurous
challenging
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? It's complicated
5.0
kaydub23's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Really enjoyed this and was glad it was a standalone, though given the length, it did kinda feel like 3 short books in one.
First third - waking up caged until the Bidding - I was SUPER engaged and flew through it.
Middle felt like it slogged a bit. I do appreciate thoughtful healing journeys that are often slow and nonlinear. However, it got repetitive and a little boring
Final third - interesting but also a little anticlimactic. Frankly I donโt want a crazy โqueen of the worldโ/all powerful fae type story so Iโm glad this didnโt go there. But I feel like it was reaching to a big conspiracy to tie up all the loose ends and it didnโt quite hit.Neith shouldโve murdered everybody. The scorpions shouldโve consulted THEIR FUCKING ANCIENT ASS MOM FRIEND WHO LITERALLY FOUGHT IN THE ANCIENT WAR when they were trying to get clues. ๐
There shouldโve been more Eacon. We really didnโt get much of her interacting with her Scorpions and she wouldโve been so compelling to drive the plot forward in the latter half of the book
The powers are all cray and yet also get kinda glossed over? Like yโall are all crazy powerful andโฆthatโs it? You just kill super well? Odd
Really cared for Auset and found her most compelling. The guys were a little flat but also were just simps for her which seems fine (I donโt really need lore).
So yeah I liked it
First third - waking up caged until the Bidding - I was SUPER engaged and flew through it.
Middle felt like it slogged a bit. I do appreciate thoughtful healing journeys that are often slow and nonlinear. However, it got repetitive and a little boring
Final third - interesting but also a little anticlimactic. Frankly I donโt want a crazy โqueen of the worldโ/all powerful fae type story so Iโm glad this didnโt go there. But I feel like it was reaching to a big conspiracy to tie up all the loose ends and it didnโt quite hit.
There shouldโve been more Eacon. We really didnโt get much of her interacting with her Scorpions and she wouldโve been so compelling to drive the plot forward in the latter half of the book
The powers are all cray and yet also get kinda glossed over? Like yโall are all crazy powerful andโฆthatโs it? You just kill super well? Odd
Really cared for Auset and found her most compelling. The guys were a little flat but also were just simps for her which seems fine (I donโt really need lore).
So yeah I liked it