Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

14 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

This was a very long and somewhat complex book. It required a lot of concentration for me to follow who was what and what was the relationship between everyone, past and present. But I think that it must’ve been necessary, given it was the first book in a new series, and characters and backstories have to be established. In that, the author was successful, and I’m looking forward to the second book, wherever it comes out.

I’ve found fantasy books involving fairies are usually pretty raunchy (why are fae so horny? 😂). There were only a couple of sex scenes, and they were as explicit as expected.

Our protagonist is strong and fearsome, though I think her undoing will be her hardened heart. I hope she and Kaan make it in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

akschulz's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Miscarriage, Rape, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

This book was so interesting. At first I couldn't figure out why we were seeing diary entries for Elluin when our main gal was Raeve. Plus the way that Kaan reacted to her when she had no idea who he was. At first I thought maybe Kaan and Raeve were like destined mates or something, but that is definitely not the case. 

This book made me cry, laugh, horny, and get so mad. I wish that there was more to the book. Even with how hefty it already is I hate were it stopped. I feel like we were so close to Raeve recovering her memories and rembering not only that she's Elluin but who Kaan is to her as well as her daughter Kyzari, though I'm not sure if she knows the name of her child. 

I hope that Kyzari doesn't get the same treatment that Raeve receive by the scavenger king, and it makes me wonder I'd he knows that Kyzari is his "neice" did he know that Raeve was Elluin and that she was his "sister-in-law"? And if he did why did he do what I think he did, considering we don't have much information on the time that Raeve spent with the scavenger king. 

Also is the other that we see from time to time is Slátra, Elluin's moonplume inside her somehow? Is that how she was able to be healed and reborn sorta? And if so do we learn how this happened. And if it has happened before.

Also does Tyroth know that Kyzari isn't his child but Kaan's? And if so why hasn't he done anything with that knowledge. Or did he not see the point when Elluin and Slàtra died and went into the sky together?

Also fuck the author having the last thing being us finding out who sent Nee to Raeve. That is almost worse than being left on a cliff hanger with more questions than answers. Especially with where Kyzari is when she gets the return lark. Of all the people that I thought could have sent the lark throughout the book it was not her own daughter. 

I have so many questions and I am not a patient person. I need the second book now and not next October.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Cannibalism

bluerosewrite's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

This book destroyed me in all the best ways. If you are thinking about it, you will not be disappointed. It might be the best book I've read, the worldbuilding is actually insane, book 2 can't come soon enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

lyall_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I don’t tend to like romance first romantasy, so I figured I might like this one more because folks were complaining about it being too plot/worldbuilding heavy. I was mostly right. The magic system and the dragons were my favorite parts. There’s a lot of TikTok era romantasy cliches but the book was paced in such a way that whenever I was getting slightly annoyed thinking “oh X is so obvious, the characters should get it by now” they would invariably get it within the next few chapters. Raeve’s defensiveness mostly made sense but there were a few scenes early on where her need to be quippy overrode her survival instinct in a way that was unrealistic. 

Anyways, for such a long book, it was a quick read and it’s probably my favorite so far of this sub genre- which is, notably, not my favorite- and there’s enough interesting hanging plot threads and stuff I enjoyed about the world (including the clear thought and work put in by the author!) that I’ll check out the sequel. For a $1 thrift store purchase, very worthwhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Death of parent

Minor: Trafficking and War

claireinabook's review against another edition

Found it was too violent and I am trying to avoid unnecessary gore. If you check the trigger warnings, you'll see what I mean.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

kalefactory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

kgreer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

justagrlandherdog's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

It’s a solid book and great fantasy. Some things felt a little unnecessarily long but it’s definitely a start to a series. A lot of world building. I will say while the author took the time to build a well established world it also felt like she over compensated. I get wanting to write world specific terms like “aurora fall” instead of nightfall “slumber” instead of night because of the way the world there works. But some things felt unnecessarily renamed. Pallet instead of bed. I kid you not imagined them sleeping on wood pallets not these luxurious 4-poster beds that supposedly they are. I don’t know maybe that’s just me. 

I appreciated the romance and that Kaan wasn’t trying to make Reave replace or be his fallen love but tried loving her for her. Dragons are a definite plus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Classism

alisaxfridman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

hauntingly beautiful. captivating, raw, gut-wrenching. honestly no words for how mesmerizing this story is, and how devastated i am that book 2 is not even announced yet.

the tropes of forbidden love, he falls first, “who hurt you”, star crossed lovers in a slow burn romance all set in immersive and beautiful written world with a unique magic system are so well developed and crafted throughout the book - sarah a. parker absolutely killed it. 

this book had me giggling kicking my feet blushing before we even found out his name 220 pages in - the chemistry was everything, each character beautifully written. ik i said my previous read was everything i craved following TOG, but THIS right here takes the crown on that. the way you fall in love with characters, the stunning, exceptional world building - your heart grows attached so quickly that you simply want to experience it yourself. 690 pages was absolutely not enough, and i need more.

few things i would love to see developed more in the second book (some of these points are a given bc we will need to learn more of raeve’s history so):
- more about fíur du ath and how raeve got involved with them
- more of veya and her story
- who tf fallon was and how she’s relevant in raeve’s life (mentioned ominously way too many times and my questions abt her just kept growing)
- dragons. (in a growing and more saturated market flooded with dragon books, wtmh offered a new take on dragon in such stories, and i would rlly love to have them more developed and integrated in the next book, which i expect will happen with raeve and lìla)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Kidnapping