Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

18 reviews

jupwell's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

It’s sort of a MM Vampire / Witch version of Beauty and the Beast. It honestly was pretty good though. Good writing, some surprises, good characters with real stakes. Good medium-slow burn. Great adult scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

rosesandproses's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Jak is what Bella Swan wishes she could be!!! All around lovely read with good narrative suspense, character development, and spice.

I loved the characterization throughout. Some plot points were a little predictable but eh it's a romance novel. And the way characters responded to events or new information was always on point.

I would call this a "nothing happens" novel because the first 70% is more character and relationship driven then action, but the action after that first 70% does not disappoint! (And no shade on "nothing happens" novels because that's my current WIP, too!)

Marius is excellent. Jak is excellent. I love their banter. Catherine and Victoria are excellent. I'd say they balance the "testosterone" well without falling into typical female supporting character tropes. The lore and world building are excellent. The audiobook narrator is excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

It's a fantasy vampire novel... there's blood, violence, and death. But it's very well done and the major violent descriptions are not senseless.

I promise it all works out in the end.

On child death:

Moderate child death because one character is the ghost of a child and they're kinda important and around a lot.

jneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

theminnesotawitch's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A very fun, angsty read. A queer beauty and the beast retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

seawiiitch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Oh wow, what a nice surprise this book was! 

After seeing so much about it online, I got curious and decided to get my hands on it to give it a try: and I was right to do so! 

It did not take me too long to get pulled deep into the story and to get intrigued by the plot. I really like seeing how Jak and Marius got to interact with each other and learn more about their stories.

It was an interesting twist on the Beauty and the Beast tale: the magic aspect of it kept me intrigued as to how it would all turn out. But what I liked most was to learn more about Marius, even if I am still left wishing we got more depth on his past.

In short, this was a nice read that I finished in a couple of hours and would gladly pick up again to read again! Easy to understand and to get into!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

notpresent22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.25

I loved this book. A really fun read that brought me out of a reading slump. The characters are fun and lovable even though they’re a little bit messed up. They are also sexy (which is great in this kind of book). The plot is good and engaging throughout, though I will say some of the world building and magic was a little bit shallow in places - however I don’t think it needed to be overly complex for this kind of book. 

The sex scenes were sexy and fun and definitely evoked the correct kind of response in me. I will say however they were extremely idealistic and there were some moments I wished were described in more details (it felt in a couple places like the author had finished and wanted to move on). But I thoroughly enjoyed them overall. 

My biggest qualm with this book is not getting to see the feast at the end, it took away some of the catharsis (also wouldn’t have minded seeing the fuckfest that would have followed). 

Did I enjoy this book? Hell Yes I did. 
Will I be reading the sequel? I am aware that the sequels to this book don’t follow Jak and Marius however I enjoyed the writing and world enough that yes I do think I will be picking up the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment

viselik's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

corruptednatz's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.5

It’s an okay book. It felt short because there was only one setting, the castle. The main focus was the relationship developing between Jak and Marius. Sadly the characters were bland, and uninteresting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

The spicy scenes were kind of good. I was shocked how he describes Marius’ body. Whew

secretlybatman4's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

azrieldds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

It was cute I think
I like the pace at which the story progressed and the satisfying ending ngl
Fuck Jak's mum man fr
Horrible
Would've been a cool plot twist if she was the original woman
But yeah 
Wouldn't reread but a nice one time read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts