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Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent

9 reviews

linnybear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I think the author had a wonderful idea for this novel, I loved how each part is separated by roses representing each rose Lilith gives to Vale, I loved the setting of a plagued human lands and a dangerous forbidden love between human and a vampire but at the same time this book felt way too short to establish any form of connection between two main characters that didn’t feel artificial. Compared to Oraya and Raihn from book one, Lilith and Vale didn’t have that much in common and instead were initially drawn together by a sheer force of fate called ‘the author’s imagination’. I also can’t say I liked them as individual characters, I’ve spent too little time with them to fully understand them and their attraction. I think the entire story as well as their relationship unfortunately lacked that sort of depth we could get in a full length novel (but I guess we had enough time for a whole chapter of smut, right?).

I was also hoping for some insight into human lives away from Obitraes and Nyaxia’s power but didn’t get much of that. I think it’s a lost opportunity to not introduce the whole White Pantheon, show their qualities and sort of compare them to Nyaxia in this installment especially given ‘the plague’ and how it was caused by one of the gods.

Not disappointed by the writing though, I think Carissa Broadbent has a way to write so much emotions and chemistry into characters even when seemingly there shouldn’t be that much there (seriously there’s one chapter around 50% mark when I suddenly was overwhelmed by Lilith’s words and how beautiful they were, given how one chapter earlier I didn’t feel any of that). I don't think about time with this book as really wasted, to be honest I oddly enjoyed it while acknowledging it didn't hold the standard of the first book at the same time. Definitely skippable piece if you are only interested in the main storyline of the series but short enough to give it a try if you need more.

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shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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v_____'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

I will never shut up praising how Cassandra Broadbent describes things, especially Gods, until forever 🙏🙏

Plus: THIS is my new life motto now:😌

... about two centuries ago, I decided that I would never again do anything I didn’t want to do. And I don’t want to...

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lizziethebookdragon's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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junixthebibliotaph's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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emilywemily6's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

I really enjoyed this novella, more than the duology! I found the length perfect and the story was sweet. It was slower-paced than other novellas I have read, which I didn’t mind but since I read it in multiple sittings I feel like I might have missed a little bit of the characterization of Lillith and Vale. So I would have loved a little more characterization at the beginning of the book, but I also might have missed it. I enjoyed seeing this relationship progress and how it felt right for Lillith to choose Vale.

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