pigeongreen's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The plot is interesting and the characters are endearing. The writing can be clumsy, which is a turn-off for me. This hype around this book didn’t match my experience. I’ll read the 2nd book when it’s released because I want to see what happens next! But I won’t dedicate myself to reading more of this author’s works.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, and Cursing
Moderate: War and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Death of parent
maraa_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
carolinetippett's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and Sexual content
Minor: Xenophobia and War
aliciaofalaska's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
lqne's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Vomit, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Ableism, War, Violence, Medical content, Death, Bullying, and Death of parent
Minor: Blood, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
cassidy_rain's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I enjoyed this book overall! I thought the storyline was cool and I liked Violet as a character. I found it easy to follow. I did think some parts were a bit slow and found the writing a little cheesy at times. I did enjoy the ending, it was something I had not considered and leaves me excited for book two!
Spoiler
I like the idea of Violet and Xaden and like them both as characters but I did think their romance felt a bit rushed and awkward. It was barely enemies to lovers… Violet knew she should hate him but never really seemed to. Xaden seemed to fall for her very quickly as well. Update: Upon thinking more about this I’ve come to the conclusion that maybe they weren’t ever really enemies. Since we know Brennan was alive we can assume he told Xaden about his sister Violet who was training to be a scribe. Perhaps the first time he saw her (we interpret this as hatred) it is really a look of surprise and the hatred could be directed to her mother for forcing her to come to rider quadrant. If I’m choosing to believe this, it changes the dynamic between Xaden and Violet and their relationship fits better in my mind. This was one of my biggest issues, so I bumped my rating up .25 stars.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Murder, War, Death, and Violence
lalalauren20's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I think this was a good book. I think a lot of this book is a compilation of other good books which is what makes everyone like it so much. I’ll be reading the second book.
Spoiler
Our main character Violet is literally Mare Barrow from Red Queen series (not to mention the ending of this book when her brother shows up…It was all the Shade energy I needed. If he dies in the second book, it’s just actually Shades story and if Brennan and Rhionna get together, it’s actually the character from Red Queen) and all the dragon aspects are from Eragon, the schools and how they are broken up are giving Divergent and Hunger Games mix. All of these mashed is this book, nothing totally out of left field. It was honestly a really average story. I’m not sure why everyone is going WILD for this book, dont get me wrong it’s an entertaining book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Death
“I take the fertility suppressant” (this line had me rolling. Love my fantasy books that will do the absolute most to say they are protected from having children)evreardon's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
4.0
Yeah. This was worth the hype. I can’t form a thoughtful review at the moment but maybe I’ll come back to this.
Was if original? No.
Were there cliches? Yes.
Did I devour it? Yes.
Was it fun as hell? Also yes.
Was it sexy? Duh.
It reminded me most of The Poppy War mixed with Divergent.
Was if original? No.
Were there cliches? Yes.
Did I devour it? Yes.
Was it fun as hell? Also yes.
Was it sexy? Duh.
It reminded me most of The Poppy War mixed with Divergent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Bullying
songbird72's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I was all over the place during this book. I loved it, I hated it, I was ambivalent about it. So first the good:
1. It was an engaging story that kept me reading. It was also funny in places.
2. I liked the main character and the relationship she had with the dragons.
3. The author had dreamt up a very interesting fantasy world, even though I'm not much of a fantasy reader.
4. Even though the end was more setting up the next book, it had a twist that I did not see coming.
The bad:
1. Some of the cliches in the book were cringe-worthy. Some of the dialogue seemed a little forced.
2. I'm not big on f-bombs and they were used liberally in the book.
3. I'm definitely not found of graphic sex scenes and there were a couple in the book. That was stated at the beginning however.
4. Some of the plot twist were telegraphed and didn't surprise me.
With all of that said, I will probably read the next book in the series but wasn't blown away by the book like some people are.
1. It was an engaging story that kept me reading. It was also funny in places.
2. I liked the main character and the relationship she had with the dragons.
3. The author had dreamt up a very interesting fantasy world, even though I'm not much of a fantasy reader.
4. Even though the end was more setting up the next book, it had a twist that I did not see coming.
The bad:
1. Some of the cliches in the book were cringe-worthy. Some of the dialogue seemed a little forced.
2. I'm not big on f-bombs and they were used liberally in the book.
3. I'm definitely not found of graphic sex scenes and there were a couple in the book. That was stated at the beginning however.
4. Some of the plot twist were telegraphed and didn't surprise me.
With all of that said, I will probably read the next book in the series but wasn't blown away by the book like some people are.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Murder, War, and Violence
shymoon's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Cursing