nzmerchant's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Most enjoyable book of the series thus far. I think because a lot of my questions were answered and I’ve mastered the art of skimming through this book such that I skip the dull bits and get straight to the action (all types of action). Very curious to see where the story goes. As much as I’m confused by the lore (and I really just need a map of poppy’s lineage at this point - can we start a wiki for this series??), im ADDICTED to this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, War, and Sexual content
midnacine's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, War, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
tguccione's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
elisalasater's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, and Sexual content
cryosphinx's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This felt like a filler episode. I don't think it was as bad as some people say, I still very much enjoyed it, but it was....odd? The first half was perfectly fine, then the second half slows down a lot but then so much happens in the last 10 pages TOO fast. It also
I still very much enjoy Poppy's journey into finding her strength but at this point, her only flaw is that she gets angry and asks too many questions, which we know already. Casteel really got moved to the backseat in this book, but at least Keiran is here and quickly became my favorite of the trio.
So yeah it's not great, but it's not horrible and I'm still enjoying reading it and will continue to read but totally understand people giving up or it just not being their cup of tea. It's not as repetative but it's still there, there's still lots of heavy dialogue "telling-not-showing" sections, and randomly modern lingo. Just have the expectation that this is not a amazing piece of literature and have fun.
Spoiler
gets randomly preachy about sexism about who was the truly powerful primal being Seraphena but credit went to Nyktos that was super weird and out of left field.I still very much enjoy Poppy's journey into finding her strength but at this point, her only flaw is that she gets angry and asks too many questions, which we know already. Casteel really got moved to the backseat in this book, but at least Keiran is here and quickly became my favorite of the trio.
So yeah it's not great, but it's not horrible and I'm still enjoying reading it and will continue to read but totally understand people giving up or it just not being their cup of tea. It's not as repetative but it's still there, there's still lots of heavy dialogue "telling-not-showing" sections, and randomly modern lingo. Just have the expectation that this is not a amazing piece of literature and have fun.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, War, Murder, Death of parent, and Cursing
Minor: Rape
readinganonymous's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Death, Child death, Kidnapping, and Blood
mlottermoser's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? Yes
2.0
Book 4 - solid magic, mystery, war development. Too many steamy scenes that didn’t add anything to the plot. Just felt like they were included to check all the boxes. A lot of drama could be avoided if characters just had the hard discussions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Gore, Death, and Blood
lem0nbalm_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Body shaming
xxcherrypie99's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-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
4.25
Almost a 5 star book. There is so much information that this book provides. The issue is that the filler content is spread out and the good information is crammed into one space. I found myself on the edge of my seat during the filler information waiting to see what was coming. Once something big happened I found myself dizzy and needing to reread 3-4 times to actually collect the info. Other than how information was given, I feel like this is an essential piece of the series. Although I feel we need 3 more books after how this one ended. As always I recommend this series to my friends and we honestly love Poppy, probably one of the few female leads that we actually appreciate. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but this is one of the top series in my list.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Blood, War, Sexual content, and Murder
immdanii's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, Sexual content, Death of parent, War, Kidnapping, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement and Cursing
Minor: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders