Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Glow by Raven Kennedy

4 reviews

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

Easily the best of the series, but that cliffhanger ending though!! The spice between Auren and Slade peaks in this book. But I knew during that ONE scene it was cause everything was going too well despite having 15% of the book left! Also why Argo?? The poor baby did nothing to deserve such treatment!   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Blood, Classism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Body shaming, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, War, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug use, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

alexiab's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.75

WHAT KIND OF ENDING WAS THAT WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HELL. 

man this book is did an excellent job of working through characters’ trauma, doing more digging into who they are, and overall healing for Auren after all she’s been through.

There was a lot of shit that didn’t need to be in this book, the Osrik and Rissa stuff was such a waste of time (if you’re gonna do them, do them right? Don’t just do two chapters and expect me to give a shit about them when we could be spending more time with Auren and Slade? Stupid), and I find this author likes to be veeeerryy wordy and flowery, taking multiple paragraphs to make the same point in different metaphorical ways which also wastes my damn time. Also the pacing felt very all over the place, and that made pushing through this brick of a book a bit of a challenge.

that being said, the plot was enjoyable and exciting, the smut is absolutely filthy in the best way, and I still love my babies Auren and Slade. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

*contains spoilers for previous books in the series*
I'm still processing everything that just happened but HOLY SHIT. This was absolutely amazing, from the character growth to the spice to the reality of newness when it comes to Auren and Slade's budding relationship. This book had everything I could've wanted and more and now the worst part is waiting for the next book, Gold, to come out (hopefully next year!). An extra special shout out to Raven Kennedy for writing this series because I honestly don't know who I would be without these books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, Cursing, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, Sexism, and Misogyny