Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Ever King by LJ Andrews

22 reviews

carsons1996's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

Loved this more than The Broken Kingdoms series. The new realm was so unique and the next generation has a lot of legacy to live up to, and I cannot wait to hear all of their stories. The plot kept mee on my toes the whole time and I wasn't able to predict the plot twists, so I was taken aback when they were revealed. The relation between this new world and the old one is going to be so delicious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

beckyremillard's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishlittlebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse and Torture

ccdensmore's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

one_more_chapter96's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.75

Loved the world building, it was detailed and clear and mystical without feeling too overbearing/too much info to take in. Adored Erik & Livia and all the side characters brought so much more to the story. Such a great start to the series. A good mix between plot and spice as well, it didn’t take away from the story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Death of parent

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Bro literally kidnapped her and i was giggling and kicking my feet ✨

Erik Bloodsinger, the king of the Ever Kingdom is out for revenge and what better way to strike than by kidnapping his enemy’s daughter, Livia. 👀😛

Read this if you like:

- Pirates 🏴‍☠️

- Romantasy - heavy on the romance 

- Dark romance 

- Touch her and ☠️

- A pretty dark shade of morally grey 

- Inner circle 

The tension at the beginning of the book had me screaming!! My only complaint is that the plot was VERY much second to the romance, but it is a fantasy-romance sooo that’s on me. I felt that most of the plot was spent on the Ever King’s ship while they were traveling from Livia’s kingdom to Erik’s. I’m not mad about it, but I had different expectations. Hopefully book 2 will be more action packed. This was genuinely such a fun read, and I can't wait to continue the series (especially with that cliffhanger?!?)

Side note: can more authors start including character art IN THE BOOK? Please?! That was life changing fr.

I had such a great time with this book and will definitely be picking up more by LJ Andrews 💖 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

druzyquartz's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Toxic relationship

kbowles24's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Rape, and War

mykindamagical's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.75

Very enjoyable read. I really liked the imagery and world building. Some descriptions were confusing.

There was good dual perspective and helped bring character stories together. 

The romance was meh. Too quick and sudden without much reason as to why other than a childhood bond. I guess that's enough but didn't make me swoon. Kinda forgetable in comparison to other books. 

Either way, it's a good story and at the end of the day the bad guy isn't who you think it is. 
Nice little plot twist and yes it ends on a cliff hanger so be prepared to start the next one immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Cursing

doahdancer's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment