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meghansarmiento97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lavendcr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
5.0
“I am shadow and darkness and stronger than the girl he sacrificed for the crown.”
WOW THIS WAS A MF ROLLERCOASTER!!! i just randomly happened to pick this one up from the library and was not prepared for the contents of this book. there was so many unexpected twists and turns, so much betrayal, LIES!!! it was sooo crazy
i am constantly thinking about brie and finn 😏😏
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
rinku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
Minor: Slavery, Kidnapping, and War
toastedoats42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Medical content, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
viselik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Please look up content warnings for this book, it deals with some pretty dark topics and the version I had did not have any content warnings in it.
1) There is no content warning and this NEEDED to have one.
- There is a fucking
concentration camp in it and there was no warning about it before we find out about it. We find out about it in Chapter 15. - Emotional manipulation is a super big thing in this book, there is no warning about that.
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Like the entire character of Ronan/Sebastian should have had a content warning
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Once we learned that Prince Ronan was missing I instantly knew that Sebastian was Ronan. It was too obvious to me after we had it stated that Sebastian was going away the night after the first day of the ball.
3) The naming system of this world. Characters and the land.
- We had the Seelie lands, the Unseelie lands and the Wild Fae lands... This just felt too basic for me.
- Then there are the characters.
- Let's start with the main character's nickname, Brie. That is a cheese, a rather smelly cheese. I may or may not have just started calling her cheese girl.
- The two love interests! We have Ronan/Sebastian and... Finnian. I was left slightly disappointed by these.
- Finnian's uncle is called Mordred or something like that and his father was called Oberon. I expected more considering the name of the people around them.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Sexism
booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
cady_sass'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
4.0
Side note: there are a lot ( a LOT ) of reviews calling this an ACOTAR rip off and, while there are some minor similarities, I don’t feel that way at all. Sorry not sorry.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
maddiementions's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Classism
Moderate: Cursing and Violence
siglerbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
And the ending was not satisfying for me. I guessed a lot of what was going to happen by chapter 10 and almost everything else by chapter 19.
This felt like the miscommunication trope to the extreme which has never been a favorite. There were so many places where honesty could have made a better story.
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Deportation
Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
kirstenf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexism, Terminal illness, and Abandonment