Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

15 reviews

mjhughes's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This book fell short against book 1.  While I do love Adrian, I feel like he completely disappeared as a character and was treated like a reason to write smut. Isolde says it herself, “all we do is fight and fuck.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage

dorleness's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Child death, and Cursing

thestickwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

For me this was more of a back story book that really got you connected with the characters and their traumas with some sprinkles of happy moments and spicy scenes. While also showcasing how the character navigate through the traumas even in times of strife. I will be waiting in anticipation for book 3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Torture, War, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Rape, and Toxic friendship

abreanna_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The only reason I did not give this book a five star is because I wish we had more chapters from Adrian’s perspective. Otherwise, this was a really good book. I think it was a good second book. But I would say it does differ from the lovers to enemies trope like the first book. I would also say that this is a romance book, but it was more evolved around Isolde finding her place within the kingdom and her growing. The backstory of Adrian, and the new findings about him are very interesting. I would highly recommend reading the second book. I cannot wait for the third book!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Child death

millies_mini_library's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, War, Suicide, Child death, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

i_love_b00ks'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

mermaidmommy19's review against another edition

4.75

This was such a compelling sequel in my opinion. It was very good. There was a bit of over used vocabulary toward the end, such as "devastated" and "murdered" which I believe were intended to evoke strong emotion, but eventually lost all meaning due to over use. Beyond that, I don't really have any complaints.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Cursing, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

therealjessicaaustin_2002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, War, Gore, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Grief, and Rape

livfowler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, War, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, Alcoholism, Torture, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Rape