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cheerydeery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
covenofcrumpets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism
thelibraryskeeper'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Rape and War
hanschub's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Rape and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape and Torture
Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and War
readyforit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Call me crazy but this was my favorite in the series so far! We got some much-needed backstory on des, his parents, his childhood, his friendship with Malakai, his time in the brotherhood and the army, and it picks up with Callie originally calling the bargainer. My only complaint is I wish the book were longer! I really love how the author writes from des’ pov and I really enjoyed his internal monologue much more than Callie’s. Maybe it’s just more fun to read the perspective of the “villain.” We get a lot of repeat convos between him and Callie but with so much extra flavor from his internal monologue and he is SO much more obsessed with her than I thought😩, what a hopeless romantic. I honestly could reread all the books from his perspective.
I remember feeling how the first book was just missing something, especially from the climax/action at the end and I believe it was des’ perspective! We got a lot more action and how his powers work.
I felt like this book was more well-written than the others too, and maybe that has to do with des’ vocabulary since he’s so old? Idk but I enjoyed! Btw I did the math and our shadow daddy is 269 at the end of the book.
The narrator they got for des for the audiobook was AMAZING! This was my first audiobook by him and I’m going to be searching for more. If the last book is good I think I could see myself rereading the series!
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War
All mentions of SA/CSA/rape happen in the past and/or off-page, slavery is about human slaves to fae and is not graphic but mentioned several times throughoutvreyna20_2004's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I love hearing him say that he loves her just hearing it made me smile AND NOTHING MORE as it’s still weird that they knew each other when she was fucking SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. Anyway, moving on. The scene of Callie being sick and him taking care of her and how he needed to go but didn’t want to leave her alone so he disguises himself so he can still take care of her. That was cute but he ruined it by talking about how young she is. I did wish that Desmond resisted a bit more like tried everything not to fall for her cause it felt so fast in my opinion which also makes sense since it’s a novella. But anyway, he went from hating the idea of having a mortal mate to going to Earth to falling for her I just wished we could’ve seen more of him not wanting to have mortal mate instead of him just going from “eugh I don’t want to be seem weak with a mortal mate” to “I want my mate now” like it was a switch.
But yeah, I only enjoyed this novella, and I don’t typically like novellas so me enjoying this just speaks volumes.
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
readwithasherieee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
katiecoconut21'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
3.5
Overall, it was pretty good, but like Des, I couldn't get over the fact that he was romancing a 16-year old.
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Murder
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
topi_nopi'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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence