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rockysoap's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Ableism and Bullying
Minor: Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
spinebenderbooks's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Medical content
Minor: Blood
rtherese's review against another edition
- 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
Life in the royal court of Attolia is just one entertaining, significant day after another. You just want to keep on reading to see what happens next, then to see what happens next after that.
If you were like me, and you were bummed at the beginning because we seem to go further away from Gen once again, don’t worry! At first, I was like who tf are these people? Who is this irrelevant Costis? But as you read on you’ll see that Eugenides is plenty present in the story, and he is still the center of it all, as always!
Thank you author for an amazing read!
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and War
bzliz's review
- 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
4.5
Much of the book is told through the eyes of Costis as he slowly gains respect and admiration for his new king. Gen walks a fine line as he manipulates people and toys with their fates. He frequently spares their lives to preserve his wife’s few genuine connections while cleverly undermining enemy barons and while the nation prepares for war against the Mede empire.
I like this book more than the previous one because I delight in seeing someone be so clever. There were also less quick cuts to see what was happening in another part of the world, which annoy me in excess. There is a subplot laid that Sophos- Gen’s friend and heir to Sunis- is missing, but it is unresolved at the end of this book. I look forward to continuing the series.
Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
littlestbiscuit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
5.0
I am also, of course, obsessed with her characters and the ways she shows Just enough for you to be emotionally devastated while still leaving relationships between characters private in a way I haven’t seen other authors do.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Murder
lavenderlight's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Blood
jenjerusha's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Ableism and Bullying
Minor: Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
quasinaut's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Medical content
nyssbomb's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Ableism and Bullying
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, and Medical content
luckykosmos's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Violence and Trafficking