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i was so impressed with this book. i felt like there was a lot for it to live up to with the first book being as brilliant as it was, but bloodmarked did not disappoint. personally i am still rooting (rootcraft pun not intended

zhalfia's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

hard to wrap my head around this one. i definitely did not love it nearly as much as the first. i thought the characters and the scenes that were briliant should have been able to shine for longer. i thought brees inner monologue was lacking, as in i wish we could see her go through some stuff more and not focus on the plot. it was difficult to understand why she was acting a certain way because of this. the last 100 pages were great but i felt emotionally drained by the focal chatacter dynamic. i will definitely read the final book because the setup for it seems super interesting.

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i wish more of the book took place on volition, at the bar, with these cool characters in valec, lu and hazel. i could not stand her one-on-ones with sel. everything always went wrong, someone said the wrong thing, worst offender being chapter 43 where both will and valec outright say what she shouldnt. and then she goes and says the darnest things. it felt completely out of character. i like their characters but this wasnt slow burn, it was agony.

marthabethanreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

rosedepines's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

elthechameleon's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.5

Deonn is a researcher. From carefully understanding rootcraft to hers and others experiences being “the first,” to incredible Welsh translation, she has made this book a thoughtful yet super readable and riveting read. What a great story and can’t wait to continue!

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

The first book in this series was gifted to me for my birthday and I was excited to read it. I was very late with this series. I really enjoyed the first book, but I feel like this book was a mission to finish.

This book is still based on Bree who we met in the last book. All she wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights – only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new: A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion. But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy that Bree had fell in love with, has been kidnapped. Bree wants to fight but the Regents who rule the Order won’t let her. To them, she is an unknown girl with unheard-of power, and as the living anchor for the spell that preserves the Legendborn cycle, she must be protected. When the Regents reveal they will do whatever it takes to hide the war, Bree and her friends must go on the run to rescue Nick themselves. But enemies are everywhere, Bree’s powers are unpredictable and dangerous, and she can’t escape her growing attraction to Selwyn, the mage that is sworn to protect Nick until death. If Bree has any hope of saving herself and the people she lives, she must learn to control her power from the ancestors who wielded them first without losing herself in the process.

I have a love hate relationship with this book, I was expecting so much more. With how much hype this book has got, I thought it would be action-packed and would feel satisfied once the book was done but I was left with more questions than answers and the ending drove me nuts and the additional love “connection” with Sel and then the love-triangle. I was hoping for Nick to be saved quite early and then all five of them go and kick some demon ass and then they go back to school like Avalon High and instead we got some random cliffhanger ending which drove me nuts. Everyone was giving me a headache in this book, the whiplash of Sel and Nick from yeah let’s work together to no Bree you are a damsel in distress. The Regents wanting to try and forget the war wasn’t going to help anything and Bree was just like I don’t know anything or have any control but I'm going to do it.

The saving grace of this book was Alice. She was the only normal and reasonable one that was like you’ve just set off an explosion let's not announce that to everyone we meet. I love Will as well, and the fact that he is also getting sick of Bree and Sel putting themselves in harm’s way for no reason. I liked the storyline and the way this story did go a bit darker about how Bree became King Arthur, I was so shocked when that hint got dropped and I know I shouldn’t have been but I literally gasped.

This book definitely wasn’t predictable and the way it ended made me think we are getting another book but before I went into this series, I was under the impression that it was a duology. It will be interesting to see if more is going to come out of this story.

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