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Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

9 reviews

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

batam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Definitely a highlight of the year! 
This was so good! I couldn‘t stop reading!! 
It started where the first book endet and got straight forward. 
Though adrian and isolde got finally together and she remembered there were still fights, discussions, fucking, love making, deep talk, betrayal, secrets, sobs, caring. It wasn‘t this fairytale relationship. 
This book was so much deeper! 
The side characters, world building, the integration of the past, the end ( OMG!). 
The empowerment in this book was enormous and i felt it. 
I had some goosebumps moments in this books. 
The battle cry of isolde before the battle started? goosebumps! 
The past before she got burnt and this secret was released? GOOSEBUMPS! 😭

I really really can’t wait for the third book! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Rape, Alcoholism, and War

annejalinah_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal death, Miscarriage, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

zeperandazmyth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, and Vomit

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

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

oruairc's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

We always fight and fuck.

That's the plot.  There are some reveals in there, somewhere.  Somewhere...

But that's mostly it.  Isolde and Adrian fight and fuck.  And do it again.  And again.

I was quite angry reading it, but anger that drives me to read the next one.  I'm disappointed in myself, truly, but I'm committed to the end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Rape, Vomit, and Pregnancy

midnacine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

I am thoroughly upset with how that ended, Scarlett really knows how to fuck with your emotions. God I love this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, War, Blood, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Child death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

2.5

I was disappointed by this sequel. I think that this book cranks up a lot of the messy and problematic pieces that were in the first book with less of the fun and intrigue. The pacing was also pretty crazy! Things were happening all over the place and major events were just being thrown in at the end of a chapter and then we all move on from it right away. It made it hard to care about anything that was happening. <SPOILER> I really don't know how I feel about Adrian and Isolde's characters after this book either. The pull and push and lack of trust maybe makes a lot of sense, but it was giving me whiplash to be constantly going back and forth with them fighting and fucking. I also found myself more uncomfortable with the presentation of Isolde's body and experience in this book. It was beginning to feel a bit fetishistic the way that her body and sexuality was being treated. Her backstory as coming from other dark-skinned people who are currently enslaved and the white man that she is with being unable or unwilling to understand her desire to free them felt gross. And the depictions of sexual assault in this book felt unnecessary to me. The magic stuff really came out of nowhere too and felt like a very surface level show of "women are destined for magic" "women are all witches deep down" online discourse. <END SPOILER> The smut it fun, but I just with that the rest of the book was as fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, War, Torture, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Child death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Colonisation