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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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? No
4.0
I honestly think this one is spicier than the others I’ve read by this author. I loved the love story. It was enemies to lovers but in the best way. I loved the protagonist. I enjoy how she learns and grows as the novel progresses to become a more developed, understanding person - which is how I think we should all live. There was a bit of predictability in the plot and there were a few grammatical issues that led me to a four star rating as opposed to a five star rating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
_youfloweryoufeast_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
- 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? No
3.75
3.75 ⭐️
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Age group : Adult
POV : First person / single POV
Characters: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Plot: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Writing: 4/5 ⭐️
Spice : 3.5 ⭐️
• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, sexual scenes, violence, murder, sacrificial fires, bloodletting, death, gore, slaughter, war, fire injury, genocide
• tropes: forced marriage, rebirth & more
“I do not pray,” he said. “But I begged for you.”
PHEWWWWWW. man did I love this. I really didn’t expect much, I wasn’t looking forward to loving it, but I did. The plot and theme of the story is so interesting, this book ended on a thrilling cliffhanger and I’m so excited for the next. The spice was good <3 The writing was good, it did though, make me laugh at some parts. Why? I’d assume that a book full of royals with formal language and poshness would evade from the usage of the word “fuck” but I was wrong, I guess. 🤭
Isolde. Ooh la la. This woman. I loved her, through and through. She a badass, with wit and an intelligent mind. I’ve always loved independent and strong women and that was exactly what Isolde was.
Adrian. Adrian is a HUUGE SIMP and I am living for it. You know the Kind of kings that are feared by the world but would bow to their queen? Yes , that’s who Adrian is. I love Adrian, I do.
However, I did have a bunch of issues as well (hence the hesitance to give this 4 - 5 ⭐️)
- From what I understand, Isolde is a black woman. Referring to her as an Islander and not clearly stating that she is a woman of the BIPOC community bothered me, it really did. Please feel free to correct me if I’ve got this mistaken.
- I loved the MLM & WLW relationships amongst the supporting characters, but I truly would love to hear more about these characters’ stories as well. I’m assuming that we’ll hear more in the next book (so not really an issue)
- spoiler: I am furious about Isla’s death. Furious, upset, heartbroken.
Overall, it was a good read and I enjoyed it more than I expected to. Stoked for the next book !
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Age group : Adult
POV : First person / single POV
Characters: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Plot: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Writing: 4/5 ⭐️
Spice : 3.5 ⭐️
• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, sexual scenes, violence, murder, sacrificial fires, bloodletting, death, gore, slaughter, war, fire injury, genocide
• tropes: forced marriage, rebirth & more
“I do not pray,” he said. “But I begged for you.”
PHEWWWWWW. man did I love this. I really didn’t expect much, I wasn’t looking forward to loving it, but I did. The plot and theme of the story is so interesting, this book ended on a thrilling cliffhanger and I’m so excited for the next. The spice was good <3 The writing was good, it did though, make me laugh at some parts. Why? I’d assume that a book full of royals with formal language and poshness would evade from the usage of the word “fuck” but I was wrong, I guess. 🤭
Isolde. Ooh la la. This woman. I loved her, through and through. She a badass, with wit and an intelligent mind. I’ve always loved independent and strong women and that was exactly what Isolde was.
Adrian. Adrian is a HUUGE SIMP and I am living for it. You know the Kind of kings that are feared by the world but would bow to their queen? Yes , that’s who Adrian is. I love Adrian, I do.
However, I did have a bunch of issues as well (hence the hesitance to give this 4 - 5 ⭐️)
- From what I understand, Isolde is a black woman. Referring to her as an Islander and not clearly stating that she is a woman of the BIPOC community bothered me, it really did. Please feel free to correct me if I’ve got this mistaken.
- I loved the MLM & WLW relationships amongst the supporting characters, but I truly would love to hear more about these characters’ stories as well. I’m assuming that we’ll hear more in the next book (so not really an issue)
- spoiler: I am furious about Isla’s death. Furious, upset, heartbroken.
Overall, it was a good read and I enjoyed it more than I expected to. Stoked for the next book !
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Genocide and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: War
beersbooksandbooos's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War