Reviews

Rites of Winter by A.K. Faulkner

yourspace's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

faehistory's review against another edition

adventurous 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

fauxbie's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

tiggers_hate_acorns's review against another edition

5.0

Love this series. Great to see Quentin finding himself. Looking forward to seeing what task the men have to face next.
5 stars

alejandrasnow's review

3.0

02/02/222-04/02/2022

zirogods's review

adventurous dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

rebeckareads's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.0

• Ratefd 6.5 using the CAWPILE rating system.

frothy's review against another edition

5.0

I reread this before reading the new book in the series, and it improved with rereading.

Good solid stuff. Consistent with previous work in the series. Recommend.

claudia_is_reading's review against another edition

3.0

This begins a new arc on this series... maybe. Quentin and Laurence are slowly working with their issues and having a good time in New York until Quentin gets eaten for a ginormous black dog. Even after that and up until the point that Quentin's gets dark, the story has a playfulness to it that wasn't present before.

But! I truly don't enjoy D/s. At all. And this seems to be going steadily in that direction. so what should have been a momentous step in these men's relationship left me absolutely cold and quite disappointed, to be honest. And there is also the fact that, even as I still categorize the book as urban fantasy, it has a feel of high fantasy to it that I didn't enjoy.

Spoiler

And I hate fairies

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I still enjoyed seeing Quentin interact with Laurence's dad, Eric. And that Laurence had the chance to spend time with his dad, and obtain some closure.

I also enjoyed the new secondary characters; Jon and Basil have potential as characters and I hope we will see more of them.

All in all the story was entertaining and, as always, solidly written so I will keep reading soon, as there is a new threat looming in the epilogue, and I want to know what will happen.