Reviews tagging 'Death'

Betrayed by P.C. Cast

14 reviews

bewareinibble's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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 saw a lot of the plot piece coming but I'm still hooked and will continue to read the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

authorannafaundez's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

Better than book #1. The authors seemed to have figured out that the non-stop body-shaming and slut-shaming was annoying to read. However, it's not 100% gone in this book. Just less. The rude language is also decreased. There were a few instances of author intrusion regarding their personal opinions on certain subjects (i.e. sex) and it was extremely distracting.

Zoey is still pretty judgmental, and she still has a woman-hating problem. Her overall growth as a person isn't great, but this book only takes place a month (ish) after book #1. There's still hope.

This book was slower than book #1, but the story overall was more interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

princessjj14's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

mobkima's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

2.75

Another aged-like-milk edition in the House of Night Series, but the teenage characters do feel accurate. Some parts of this book read more like a fanfiction than an actual novel. The "plot twist" is very predictable, at least to me. Will probably still continue to read these books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

daralexandria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Torture, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation

bookwormforlifeandmore's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.25

I honestly liked this one more than the first one! I felt more of a connection to the characters. I was connected to them in the first book but with this one it’s even more. 

I love how we got to see both positive and negative sides to each character, and exactly the depths of Zoey’s powers. I also absolutely loved Aphrodite in this book! Even though she was crazy mean in the  first book and quite a bit in the second, her true self shined through as she helped zoey and her friends. I hope she gets some redemption in the next books. 

I didn’t like the recap in this book. It seems like the way the author recapped the first book was so repetitive. So many small details were said multiple times that it felt dumb and annoying. I really hope the next book there isn’t any recap, if we want to remember what happened in the previous book, just reread if. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

saturngaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship