Reviews tagging 'Death'

Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

23 reviews

crinkledmochi's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Chile…. 

I’m over it like I really tried to figure why I’m still reading this series like yes they are a mess and slightly entertaining but these books are truly bad (and problematic). Especially after having read this one in particular I can not keep going I just can not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief

love3v07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death

fireheart_2010's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

4.0

I loved this book but not as much as the first three. </ where is this war the nymphs declared in the last book? That hasn’t even been mentioned > things definitely got dark in this one and it really added to the story and there are now so many questions I have since finishing this book which I hope will be answered in the fifth one. The reason why I rated it a 4 star and say it’s my least favorite so far is because I feel like it’s lacking action and there’s a lot that seems to be focused around sex or breaking the Vegas and okay I get the sex part but, I feel like we are past the heirs breaking the Vegas. I know they aren’t exactly friends but this back and forth stuff is just getting old in this book. The writing is good, story is great, kept me on edge, still loved it and am ready for book 5.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

msvernier's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

charhollyx's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

What the fuck was that ending for? Do the writers ENJOY inflicting that kind of heartbreak?!
Honestly this book had me along the entire spectrum of emotion, turning my love for some characters into hatred and my hatred for other characters into love. 
There wasn’t a great character development for the main and side characters, whilst one characters development crashed and burned entirely.

if Orion is dead I’ll scream. 
I can’t believe Tory and Darius and Elysian Mates, it doesn’t really make sense. Yes their desire is deep but their hatred CLEARLY ran deeper. It makes me question whether Darcy and Orion are mates because his love outweighed any other feeling and responsibility he had.
I wouldn’t mind if Tory died, sacrificing herself for Darcy as she keeps foreshadowing. Soon, ideally.
I get the reason she had for rejecting the bond, but did she really HAVE to reject it anyway? She saw that her mother loved her evil father despite his flaws, why couldn’t she follow suit?!
Diego is 100% evil, I’m calling it.
If book 5 doesn’t mend my heartbreak then idk what I’m going to do

Xavier is the best character. Nobody else will compare. If he dies I’ll scream. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Blood, and Abandonment

_savannahreads_'s review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sam019's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

The books just keep getting better and better. My absolute new favorite series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

juliette_95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

jaymrtn's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

All I want to say is that if I saw Tory on the street or anywhere. I would try to kidnap her. Take her to the Grand Canyon just so I could throw her off a cliff. Then bash what was left of her stupid body.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lotte5322's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail