Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

13 reviews

junovverse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

frantic_vampire's review

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Reread April 2022: 
It was so much fun to reread this one! I’m still in love with these characters, with this world, and with where this story is going. I picked up on a bunch of things that I think I either forgot completely or just didn’t notice the first time around! Rereading The Last Sun was like getting a hug from my favorite book. And this is still a solid five stars!

Original Review July 2020:
I loved this so freaking much! Rune and Brand are everything! Their love for each other is so much more then brothers or friends or lovers ever could be. I was in awe of their relationship the entire time I was reading this. I just loved them and I wanted to give them all the hugs.

So, K.D. Edwards is a master of making characters that I just want to adopt? I loved Max and Quinn! They are so stinkin’ precious. They both just need all the love and support. I also really love that Rune kind of accidentally adopted them both.

This is honestly one of the best found family stories that I’ve ever read. And! The fact that most of the characters are canonically polyamorous and bi or pan is just *chef’s kiss* amazing. I also loved that consent was a big part of Addam and Rune figuring out the start of their relationship. This book is getting a solid five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

micheala's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Trigger warning for graphic sexual assault

A fun take on urban fantasy. I LOVED that it had actual adults and not 18-21 year olds as the main characters. I found that the number and style of the fight scenes started to feel a little Action Movie to me. I adored Brand and Rune's interactions, and Quinn is by far my favourite character. 

I went into this assuming that Rune and Brand would end up in a relationship and thus started pulling for a poly relationship about half way through, however I believe I was totally wrong and Brand and Rune will not ever become romantically involved and I'm ok with that (I still think that the poly relationship would have been gold)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia