ajaggers324'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts
madradstarchild's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Animal death, War, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child death, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Gore
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug use, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Spoiler
train with her dragons not once. she had two dragons and we got no training sequences ? yeah , lmao okay.I'm giving this a 2.5 stars out of 5.
October 1st, 2023
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I would say that I read this book because I had FOMO (fear of missing out) because almost everyone in my friend group was talking about this book and I couldn't join the conversation, I just had to sit there feeling silly and confused. So I decided to pick up this book!
That being said, I think it was okay. I'm not used to reading long fantasy books so I'm not sure if it was me or the book, but certain parts seemed to DRAGON (drag on - lmao I love puns). The audiobook was about 21 hours and I just remember listening around hour 18 wishing it was already over.
I also had an awkward time with the intimate scenes, not because I'm a prude and don't like sex or intimacy but because I'm a women who is 32 years old (as of writing this review) and the main character was about 20 and her love interest was about 23. I have no interest in reading inmate scenes about characters more than 10 years younger than me, it just felt a bit awkward.
Other than those two issues, I think the book was fine. I enjoyed certain parts more than others, like I really enjoyed the actions scenes and the scenes where "secrets" were releveled. If there wasn't much going on in the story, I was probably a bit bored.
I'm giving this a 3 stars out of 5.
July 7th, 2023
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War
bookcasey's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: War, Violence, and Ableism
Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Vomit, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Medical content
Sex on the page, extensive descriptions of fighting and violenceneverlandpages4's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
- Like many people, I read this because I had huge FOMO after seeing everyone loving it. I usually don’t give in to trending books easily, especially when it’s a genre I don’t read that often like fantasy. However, this made me feel so left out that I just HAD to read it and I’m so glad that I did because I think I just found my favorite book of 2023.
- This had literally EVERYTHING I love in a book. Intriguing plot, multi-layered characters, plot twists, found family, hilarious characters, enemies to lovers, and so much more. Even the political intrigue was entertaining. And I never find politics entertaining so that says a lot.
- Violet has become one of my all time favorite characters. She could’ve escaped & given up so many times but instead, she decided to train and get stronger even with her chronic illness and I loved her so much.
- The tension between Xaden and Violet was palpable and the slow burn was done so well!! And they actually are enemies. Not the silly “I hate you for no reason” type of thing in other books that are marketed as “enemies to lovers”.
- And the DRAGONS?? I’ve never cared for them before but this was so much more different than I expected. The fact that they can communicate with their riders is amazing and I loved seeing Violet bond with her dragon. It’s definitely a huge part of why I loved this so much.
- A lot was happening near the end, I cried, I was angry, I was in shock. There’s one character that really got on my nerves and I’m kind of mad that they didn’t die by the end but hopefully they do by book 2 🤞🏽
- I’ll be honest and say that the Sands of Arawiya duology will always be my #1 favorite fantasy series but this was a close second.
- I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about a book before. I’ve obviously had my favorites over the past couple of years but to go to bed and wake up thinking about a book and constantly remembering scenes from it?? That’s new to me and I think I’ll always have a special place in my heart for it
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Violence, Chronic illness, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Murder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
escaperoom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
booksalacarte'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? Yes
5.0
The premise was really good.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Gore, War, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence