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bookishmind_13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism
selestre'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
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
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- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Things we don't have:
- plot
Things we do have:
- Sexual tension
- Lots of traveling (is there a "only one horse" trope?)
- Casteel once again murdering people for Poppy
- Weirdly sexual but hot scenes of Casteel drinking Poppy's blood
- Kieran and Casteel obvi being ready for a threesome
- Casteel caring for Poppy's wounds *sobs*
- yeah i think that's it
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Animal death
The rape tag is for a veryyy dubcon scene between Poppy & Casteelabicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
katbsc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The plot of the story was already not fast moving and it slows majorly in this book.
My struggle with this book is that the FMC/narrator THINKS TOO MUCH. π Her internal monologue is repetitive and long. Towards the end of the book I started just skipping her thoughts and moving on to the next dialogue to cope. But getting to the plot advancement was worth it.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Blood
poppybos109'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
hapalyn'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol
kellicat94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
theespressoedition's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
1. We get it - Poppy is violent. And she asks a lot of questions. These two things were repeated so many times that I think if you compiled each mention of them, they would comprise at least an eighth of the book.
2. Hawke is Casteel and Casteel is Hawke. And he's horny. Another repetition that drove me nuts. This would be another eighth of the book.
So now we have a quarter of the book just being statements about the characters that are repeated incessantly.
3. Suuuuper slooooow, drawn-out chapters where nothing happens, and then BAM! Majorly steamy sex scenes. It kind of threw me for a loop as I read because it was so back and forth and there didn't seem to be much of a rhythm.
4. Can someone explain to me why JLA likes to save the most interesting part of the plot until the last chapter? She did the same thing in the first book too! I get that there needs to be something to make you want to pick up the next book (and it worked because I totally will), but I just don't understand why this couldn't be brought in earlier or alluded to a bit better to drive up the anticipation.
One thing I did really appreciate was how they acknowledged the fact that their relationship was toxic from the jump. There wasn't any weaseling around the topic. They recognized the toxicity and they worked to communicate better from there on out. It wasn't perfect, but at least they didn't ignore the way they treated each other. While the violence is weirdly glorified, the actual "bully love" portion of it was tamed in this book.
I included the trigger warning for gore, but if you can't handle blood, you need to avoid this one entirely. It is disgustingly bloody and made me queasy on multiple occasions. Yikes!
I'm not the biggest fan of these kinds of books, and that's pretty obvious from this review, but I will say that I like it better than most of the "hyped" YA/NA fantasy series out there. At least it keeps me mostly interested!
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Cannibalism
sierraechobravo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Kidnapping