katvou'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
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: War, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury
haley49's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Slavery, Injury/injury detail, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Genocide
louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I hated both love interests, but the main character made me unreasonably angry. The entire time, it felt like watching The Vampire Diaries. Both Brie and Elena Gilbert had the constant narrative of "I don't want this power, but I want these two brothers and I don't want to choose." Maybe I just prefer sound decisions, but her constant back and forth and emotional manipulation of both love interests was infuriating.
The book was definitely romance heavy because certain aspects of violence and war weren't as detailed as the other Fantasy books I've read since first reading These Hollow Vows.
Overall, I did not enjoy this book. Both books made me so angry. I had high hopes for it as this duology was my first time reading Fantasy ever. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.
Graphic: Slavery, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Classism, Death of parent, and Deportation
clairew97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, War, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
luckylulureads's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping
For a book labeled YA, it’s pretty spicy at certain points. This takes place between a minor and an immortal fae who is decades older.