Reviews tagging 'War'

The Fae Keeper by H.E. Edgmon

16 reviews

pagesofnay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, and Religious bigotry

instalovewithbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book. Holy fucking shit. 
This book made me feel bonkers but also made me feel seen. I absolutely love this book. The characters, the REPRESENTATION! THE NARRATORS. 

This book is filled with darkness but at the same time there is constant humor and jokes, and just absolutely brilliant. I just can't. I don't know if I will be able to write a review to do this justice - but yeah. I am going out tomorrow to hopefully purchase a physical copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

bookwormbi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

okay go off kings (or I guess not, since "kingdom" isn't really the right word for Asalin in these books.) truly Edgmon took these books and created such an expansive, beautiful, interesting fantasy concept. literally never reading fantasy that doesn't take structural inequity into account again this is so much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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

4.75

I love the world created in the Witch King duology, and this book continues to explore it in an exciting way. The plot kept me super engaged, and I continue to adore all the characters. It was a great continuation of the first book in many ways!

The book lost 0.25 stars, because some elements of the plot (like Emyr and Wyatt's relationship, and the addition of the changelings) felt unecessarily complicated and caused the plot feel slow-moving at times.

The inclusion of sexual violence against Tessa was completely unnecessary, and I am really disappointed in the author for featuring it. It didn't add to the plot in any meaningful way short of showing how evil Clarke is (which was not needed - we already knew that when she killed her brother and ate his heart). Tessa just becomes collateral damage to show how depraved someone else is, and the author deliberately chooses to never even examine the harm that it causes her. For such an otherwise progressive read, I felt a little betrayed by this careless inclusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and War

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Racism

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Genocide, Terminal illness, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Dysphoria

anna_23's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Rape, Car accident, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury