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mokkekitty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Xenophobia, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Torture
Minor: War
ash_cypher's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Murder
chrisb913's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Torture
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and War
veggiestrawenjoyer13's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
It had a bit of a slow start, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It gave me time to understand the characters and adjust to the writing style. I enjoyed the worldbuilding even if occasionally it seemed out of place. I will say the writing was not the best quality (in my opinion). However, the other aspects such as the plot and cast of characters pulled through for me.
The romance was one of the iffiest parts. I love love love the concept and I do like the love interests together. Though I felt that their relationship could’ve been developed more beyond conversations to move the plot forward. I’d kill for a nice domestic or just..simple banter between them. That could just me by taste in romance.
The end was definitely one of my favorite parts. I liked the build-up and plot twists. While I was suspicious of some things, the actual reveals were so good. I can see now the hints towards the truth, which is a nice feeling as a reader. Overall, the book was kinda mid compared to my expectations but it had its good parts.
Graphic: Bullying, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Classism
Minor: Suicide
booksborrowed's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
This book is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. I liked that the FMC is the "villian". An orphan halfling, Alyce is raised to believe she is descendent of evil. She is admonished because of her green Vila blood, always being recognized as the "Dark Grace" and avoided. The Grace are humans, blessed by Etherians, with gold blood that must be drained in order to access their magic. The Grace are saught after and highly admired by Briar society, that is, until their blood runs silver.
The magic system is unique to me and was easy to follow throughout the story. What I was not a fan of was the pace of the first half of the book. Information was drawn out and repetitive ("Dragons Teeth" times thirty-one), and certain scenes could have been cut or even rethought.
The end, however, made it all worthwhile. Everything came together quickly and set up the interest in the sequel well. I look forward to the author perfecting their craft, as this debut has a lot of promise.
Moderate: Death and Sexual content
jackiepreston's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Vomit
Moderate: Child abuse and Torture
Minor: Sexual content
midnightmoon_dreamer's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
mirandyli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
winryrose's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Blood
melist6's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia