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Furyborn by Claire Legrand

24 reviews

heyheyhailey1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Rielle and Eliana are two badass mfs and fmc. Books like this that alternate POV move so so quickly it keeps the excitement up the entire time. Sometimes the back and forth was too much for me so I would read a few of a single POV and then go back and read the chapters about the other character. I’m not patient enough and dying for the drama !! Sue me!!

Rielle: I loved that we know from the start that Rielle has the most powerful magic to ever exist and follow her journey to learn how to use it. This is my preference compared to the “just a girl that doesn’t know her own strength” version of this trope. Romance Spoiler:

Rielle and Audric are HOT together. I am unfortunately obsessed with this young man, he is down so bad for her and I LOVE IT!

Eliana: Assassin with a conscience? YUUUUUP Morally grey? YUUUUP Hit now ask questions later? YUUUUP. The world is more than she ever imagined? YUUUUUUUP!

I will be reading the next one as soon as I can get my hands on it!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

sevlikestoread_3's review against another edition

Childbirth scene in the first chapter, no prior warning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, and War

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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This was an amazing book. I had a fabulous time reading it. I liked the characters. Both Rielle and Eliana were well developed characters. While I didn't really like either of them at times, I was curious to see what would happen next. I liked the worldbuilding, the lore, and the magic system.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and War

kitkatkatdog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

Meh. I love Rielle, and she might be the only reason I continue. Eliana just doesn’t hit the same. But the last few chapters she started to get me so we’ll see if she grows on me in the next one. Also, holy shit, Angels? Did not expect that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

yriax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Murder

rbjennings's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape

ali_k0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

kimmag92's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I went into Furyborn with not many expectations and I was throughly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I found both Rielle and Eliana to be complex female characters who are flawed but are trying to do their best. I thought the magic system was really interesting. Legrand also fleshed out all the secondary in a way that made them feel full and developed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

latashman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture and War

Minor: Genocide and Sexual content

merenguita's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

The setup, magic system and the world building were really good and interesting, it's what pulled me in and what motivates me to read the second part.
Some of the characters I loved others I think weren't fully fleshed out (Simon espacially)

He switches personality a lot and his relationship with Eliana kinda just jumps to romance out of nowhere

The pace was slow and there's a while in the middle where not much happens just fights, that got a bit boring, but it didn't bother me that much.
Honestly the book has its flaws but I still enjoyed it throughout so I give it 4☆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Torture