Reviews tagging 'Death'

The High Mountain Court, by A.K. Mulford

9 reviews

delreese's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

while i do think there’s room for more world building/character development, the plot is so much fun and the romance it’s great! very ACOTAR-esque but more w/ more diversity (and witches!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

rhi_'s review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Gore, and War

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

cassie12_21's review

adventurous funny 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

I enjoyed this book, and definitely recommend it to any fae book lovers. I liked that the heir to the south court existed outside of the gender binary. This book is spicy, their are a couple scenes, nothing extravagant though (unfortunately 😭) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, and War

ka_ke's review

adventurous 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? No

4.0

This is a safe fantasy-romance to read. It’s kind of like if Throne of Glass and FBAA had a love child. The cast is diverse and filled with lovable characters. I would have liked to see more banter between Remy and Hale though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Genocide

Minor: War, Vomit, and Trafficking

frankieclc's review

5.0

right even tho the writing in this wasn’t perfect i still loved it and i cried so (pls dont judge me future frankie you are currently ill okay)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Injury/injury detail, and War

pengustorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Witches, fae, love, found family, secrets galore! And so much more! Remy and her found family team up with Hale and his to hunt down two talismans to take on the evil Northern king. They have some fun along the way. But there's danger around every corner. And very little is actually what it seems. This book will repeatedly break your heart. With just enough of the good stuff to keep you going! Truly fantastic and I can't wait to read more about Okrith.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief

bottleblondebookworm's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Remy is a red witch in hiding. Hale is a Fae prince. The two team up to track down some lost relics that will help them reclaim the land from the evil Nothern Court King. We have some classics tropes here, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, one bed, but honestly, I’d say enemies to lovers is a stretch, and is it really a one bed trope if he actually sleeps on the couch?! I felt like the romance developed quickly, but it made sense considering other factors that I won’t get into here. I loved the side characters. Specifically, Bri and Carys. Bri is getting her own book, and I’d love to see a story centered on Carys too. There is a lot of action! From the start, it’s a fast paced book with plenty of fighting and fantasy court drama. But the last 70ish pages is where it really picked up! Some may argue that the ending was rushed, but I quite enjoyed how everything came together!  I’m looking forward to reading book two, though, if I’m completely honest, I’m not a big fan of the two characters the second book is focused on. But Bri’s book isn’t out yet, so I may as well read it while I wait for that one, right?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

emilypete17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Cursing and Slavery

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

It's fast paced ACOTAR with representation. The only reason I knocked half a star was because the book favors its pace at the loss of the characterization/interactions. If it was drawn out just a bit more (campfire scenes, couple excursions, etc) the book would have been an easy 10/10. As it is, it's already in at least my top 10 for this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Murder