Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

17 reviews

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and War

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

ezwolf's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-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

3.0

Okay so. I read In Deeper Waters first and was surprised by how much I enjoyed that, so I went in to this with high expectations. Plus it’s based on Arthurian legend which I love. 

Unfortunately I was strongly debating stopping at a third of the way through. I cannot stand when modern language and slang are used in stories that are meant to be set in historical/medieval/etc time periods. And the way that the characters spoke made this book seem like it was lifted from a DND campaign or something similar with all of the ways the players might speak. It was just weird to me since this wasn’t an issue in In Deeper Water which is also set in an ambiguous historical fantasy world. 

In a surprising turn of events, Arek and Matt’s secret crush plot line was what I enjoyed the most. I actually enjoy a good angst + misunderstanding plot and that was what kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Kidnapping

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

🥰 Friends to Lovers

🔮 Fantasy Rom-Com

🧐 Oblivious Mutual Pining 

I’m pretty sure Arek and Matt are the definition of oblivious friends to lovers, throw in some slow burn mutual pining and it’s them. 

I really enjoyed this book, the world-building and setting was written really well.  It almost gave off a contemporary vibe in a fantasy world.  Yes, there was magic and a king but it was easy and fun to read.  These are the kind of fantasy books I want to read more of.

I loved the vibes of this book, the friendships, the chaotic nature of some of the characters, the romance, and the humor.   It was so lovely.  

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️ (2/5)

Release Date: 29, March 2022

POV: First Person

Rep:  Pansexual (MC), Bisexual (SC), Asexual (SC), Non-Binary (SC), Polyamorous relationships, Body Positivity, Mental Health, BIPOC characters, LGBTQIA+ characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and War

midnightsharkist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

Idiots in love. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, and Violence

cheye13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

Having such high stakes for such young characters made me.. uncomfortable. I wish there had been a loophole in the enchantment rather than simply straightforwardly fulfilling it.

Aside from that it was a perfectly lovely story. The slow burn was torturous, the writing was beautifully flippant, the worldbuilding was complex enough to be fun without overshadowing the romance. I loved the conceit of starting after the adventure, but I came to love the characters so much that now I want a prequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

keya_caivalur's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

The cutest (and most frustrating) book I've read all year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Confinement, Death, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and War

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is so cute
I love this group of idiots.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

indigoriverboat's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

This book is a delightful fantasy rom-com full of inconvenient magic, endearing characters, and a quick moving plot. There's marry-or-die, pining, and miscommunications, but the book never loses it's lighthearted tone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Vomit

Minor: Gore and Sexual content