Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams

16 reviews

lolaslalaland's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a fantasy book like no other I have ever read. Without getting into too much detail, in this world there have been wars with an unknown enemy that appears from an unknown place and wages a destruction war. The only defenders are the Ebornas who live for hundreds, if not thousands of years, but in the last war their protective tree god died and now they have been reduced to consuming human blood which is slowly killing them. 

In this story we follow three main characters, Vintage, a forty-ish year-old woman who is investigating the mysteries of their world: the monsters, the hidden history and an enemy that no one knows anything about. Tor, an Eboran who decided to leave his homeland to escape the sickness spreading among his people. And, Noon, a fell-witch. Together they go on adventures and learn more about this mysterious world and its long lost history. I absolutely loved Vintage and how she was this curious middle-aged woman acting almost as a babysitter to the youngsters, Tor had this gloomy sarcasm about him and Noon was just growing more and more into a badass and I loved everything about all of them. But what fascinated me the most was the world, the mix of such classic fantasy elements with alien/sci-fi stuff was not what I expected and I fell in love with all of it! I am eager to read Bitter Twins. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Blood, and War

_malikka's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing and Gore

aloeverra's review

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

An utterly unique story with fantastic world building and interesting races. You won't find your standard elf or dwarf in these stories and that's exactly why I loved it. The mysteries you explore throughout the book had me pumping page after page with wonder, horror, and delight.

There are some gruesome scenes in the book, mostly fantastical in nature involving

bugs crawling in bodies, and fire burning flesh

. There are also two saucy scenes though they were brief and not overly detailed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

spacerq's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

teaful's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Child death