Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Marked by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

40 reviews

csmoke85's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

bewareinibble's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I read this book as a teenager and never read the others in the series because they were hard to get your hands on. I'm glad I decided to revise this series and think I may have to add the full set to my collection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

transcendent's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

i didnt realise how much i adore these trashy late 2000s vampire (vampyre in this case) books until i picked this up at the library at work and read 60 odd pages in like 20 minutes.
Zoey Redbird is genuinely one of the best Mary Sues to ever exist because she is simultaneously a girlboss AND a girlfailure and honestly that's so real for being the most overpowered vampyre fledgling ever.
cant wait to start betrayed to get back into the groove of reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism

authorannafaundez's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

There's nothing really wrong with the story; it's vampires. It's high school. It's a very surface-level fun time. No real substance or development to be had here. Honestly, if it weren't for the rampant amount of body-shaming and slut-shaming, this book would've been a whole lot better, and I would've given it a better rating. I won't even get into the use of rude language (really didn't age well, book) and the extremely problematic views this book pushes about sex, especially regarding girls and sex. Don't forget the light sprinkle of racism and homophobia.

The MC is very shallow and has a pretty bad case of not-like-other-girls. But she's 16, and this book came out in 2007. Let's hope she grows as a person; there's 11 more books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mobkima's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3.0 STARS

This isn't my usual, "This is three stars which means it's middle ground but good!", this is a, "three stars that kind of sucks but is suckily charming!"

A somewhat dated vampire book that has lines aging like milk. However nothing a teenager says ages any better. Really quick read that both made me somewhat happy and also full of rage. My mom has also owned these books since she was young, so they get extra brownie points for potentially becoming family heirlooms. 

I think this may be a guilty pleasure series despite the HEAPING amount of flaws 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

samchelsey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

kmxler's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I've always loved this series but only got to read a few of them when I was younger. Now that I've gotten back into reading I realized I still feel the same! These are easy reads with a pleasant mix of magic, teen angst/love, and mythical beings. They're hard to put down and I finished this one in a single day :) I haven't been big on vamps ever but they aren't gory or super cringy I'm this plot. There's less focus on on just sucking blood and more on the storyline. Can't wait to read all of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

The mentions are small but I didn't want anyone to be caught off guard in any way!

_rowantree_'s review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

happyhilly's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Blood

hayli's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail