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sophiesmallhands's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
katanai's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, and Pregnancy
bree_h_reads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Religious bigotry
ruth_a's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
craftysnailtail's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War
Minor: Hate crime, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
lady_valhella's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
amberinpieces's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, and War
skywhales's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
first off tsira and jeckran OHHHH i loved them both SO much. dare i say it. reigboss and malewife. their banter with each other and other people and their relationship...while tsira is not technically a woman this is still everything i wanted in a m/f romance and more. they're so protective of each other and so silly and cute i just adore them.
onna was sadly a little disappointing. from the synopsis she seemed like the kind of character made for me. i love you genius girls forever!!! i wish more time had been put into her learning to not apologize for being smart and not have to put themselves down for men all the time because as much as i love girls who stick out and don't fit in and are unquestionably talented it makes me so sad when they cover up those talents and apologize for everything and let themselves get condescended to by men. i thought this was going to be a thing that she'd get character development for but it didn't feel fully fleshed out. also she was SO boy crazy it was a fucking slog. every time some new man entered the picture it's all about how handsome he is and his nice hair and whatever the fuck else. it was deeply deeply boring to read and i had to skim it. i kept forgetting who the fuck haran even was because whenever he entered the picture onna's internal monologue got so insufferable. she was a very likable character whenever she wasn't trying to impress some dude i wish we got more of that.
loga was also kind of a miss for me. he had a lot of things i could like in a character but i HATED how he talked to onna. it felt so condescending a lot of the time and sometimes even kind of flirtatious?? which was fucking gross. it got so bad that at one point i wondered if the twist at the end of the book would be he was taking advantage of her the whole time but no i guess that's just what their relationship is like. rubbed me the wrong way.
i think we also could have done with more women in the supporting cast. but that's neither here nor there.
the worldbuilding and the magic system and all that were completely top tier. exactly what i like to see in my fantasy worlds. this is why i need to reread the sequel and pay more attention to it. i want to know more about the different schools (it was mentioned onna was specializing in illusion but that got dropped kind of) and how magic's practiced in different places and. all of it basically. god i love you worldbuilding. the plot was fairly interesting, even if the ending was slightly unsatisfying. i also wish the two storylines had intersected earlier because it did get a little headachey to follow at times. overall though i liked it quite a bit for the most part. i really liked seeing the different cultures of the world and how they interacted.
this gets to go with carter and saint death's daughter in the "4 stars for some personal reasons but also has stuff that'll live rent free in my head for the foreseeable future" corner.
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Misogyny and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy
averi's review
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
wilybooklover's review against another edition
4.0
There were a few plotting issues. The two main plotlines were a little too disparate through most of the book and felt like they were kind of forced together towards the end rather than naturally converging. It was a bit jarring jumping straight from Onna's POV into Tsira's or Jeckran's. Some of the subplots seemed a bit pointless or didn't really make sense
Overall though, this was great fun and very entertaining.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Pregnancy, and War