lizzie___'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Spoiler
With Katherine being the Queen we would still have an opening for AT LEAST one more sequel... Like how things would go whit the execution of her sisters (the discovery of Arsinoe's real gift and Mirabella facing Luca during her execution knowing the temple "trade" her for chairs in the council since she refuse to kill her sisters), what would happen with Jules and even how Katherine would deal with the fact that her king is dead and she has to hide it from EVERYONE... Would she manage to do that? The consequences for the island, her relationship with Pietyr, Genevieve being the new chief of the Arrons and the council (that now counts with a heavy presence of the temple), what really happened to Katherine and the forgotten queens...Spoiler
like when they decided to not sacrifice Jules even with her having the legion curse in name of "calmin down Wolf Spring" when is know that's a island tradicion to do things that way and that she was already disliked by them, how Billy's dad killed Natalia and they never even tried to look for Billy after that, how they sent just 3 really weak guards to escort Mirabella when she's know to be the most powerfull one, how when Katherine is crowned everyone is still treatin the other sisters like queens and obeying then even when it leads to then scaping, how only 12 members of the gift of the war (WHO WHERE SUPPOSE TO BE FUCKING WEAK 'CUZ OF THE GENERATIONS WITHOUT A QUEEN OF THEIR KIND) were able do destroy every single guard of the Volroy without being caught and how the council only was informed of the queens escape a freaking day laterGraphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity and Grief
rinku's review against another edition
5.0
Spoiler
It was so hard to see how Katharine became the queen and how Mirabella and Arsinoe couldn’t do anything to prevent it. They should be executed as well but Arsinoe was able to fake her own death while Mirabella thought it was her real death. Natalia’s death was so dramatic too, just as Nioclas’ death was brutal. After this, it is revealed that Katharine is barren, meaning that the whole system of the queens will probably end and nobody knows what will happen then. In the end, Mirabella and Arsinoe are able to flee but Joseph dies, and Jules goes back to FennbirnGraphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Violence
emily_mh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Self harm, Ableism, and Physical abuse
Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, War, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Misogyny