issed's review
- The writing got better but is still pretty bad. It was not atmospheric or lyrical, and I had trouble figuring out the characters feelings or emotions most of the time, even tough they went trough a lot.
- The 1⭐️ is for the participation and the other because I read 200 pages in a day ,because I had faith in Jeric (he got worst), and because I didn’t see the racist undertone right away so clever Barbara kloss
The pedophilia scenes just to villainize Hagarn even tho he IS THE VILLAIN ALREADY you don’t need to make him a pedophile to prove us that he literally ENSLAVES people - The love interest is uh… girl get away from him he’s been killing your people for two decades (even if you don’t know it yet) they don’t give the explanation of why he is so cruel he could’ve been the cliche nice rich prince in a bad family but he wasn’t he’s so racist his friends are trash he’s a serial killer (1000+ people) the love is practically non existent I liked him at first until he REFUSED TO KISS HER BC SHE IS FROM Istraa like there’s no redemption arc after that. Also he is randomly homophobic ?? We didn’t to add that to his character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Violence
juhrndz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Torture, Xenophobia, Rape, Slavery, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence
jeaven's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I’m overlooking that this used the trope where the brown people are enslaved because their people did something heinous in the past.
I enjoyed Sable/Imari and witnessing her grow and accept her powers and not lose her toughness once the guy comes into the picture. I’m glad Jerek finally realized that people were people no matter what race but it took a bit.
The plot twists came and went and I only saw them coming a little before they happened instead of miles before and everyone who needed to die for the sake of my anger issues and sense of justice did. Over all a solid read with a need for trigger warnings.
I enjoyed Sable/Imari and witnessing her grow and accept her powers and not lose her toughness once the guy comes into the picture. I’m glad Jerek finally realized that people were people no matter what race but it took a bit.
The plot twists came and went and I only saw them coming a little before they happened instead of miles before and everyone who needed to die for the sake of my anger issues and sense of justice did. Over all a solid read with a need for trigger warnings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Excrement
Moderate: Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit
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