egurgens'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? It's complicated
5.0
In this sequel to The Merciful Crow, we again follow Fie as tensions between the crows and the other castes continue to mount. When Fie’s band of crows comes across a whole town affected by plague, she bands up with two other chiefs to deal mercy. The queen has falsely blamed the kings death on the crows / Fie, so Tavin has to find her before the queen does. Once reunited, the band, along with our favorite lordlings, have to find a way to keep the queen from claiming the throne for herself.
Features betrayal, romance, spying, political plots, hidden identities, a wonderful world of magic, and so much more.
I absolutely adored this duo loft and I look forward to reading more work from Margaret Owen.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War
corvicore'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
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Jas' and Kohda's relationship though,Although I do like Rhusana and her development in this book, I wish she were a bit more threatening. We are told right at the beginning what her weaknesses are, and the protagonists never fail to exploit them, so beating her feels like less of a challenge than it should be. I think the only time I was genuinely threatened by her was when
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she sicced her tiger on the noblewoman at the partyI'm also a little perplexed by the
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Khoda vs. Tavin rivalry that was set up at the beginning and then never followed up on. Honestly when I read that Tavin was looking at Khoda weird I thought that he was checking him out, not being jealous. It feels like a little bit of a missed opportunity to not use this to further explore Tavin's bisexuality and also foreshadow his betrayal.Complaints aside, I really really love this book. It followed up on some of the worldbuilding that confused me last book, such as Birthrights and inter-caste marriages. Also cats. Owen heard our plea for more cats and delivered in the best way possible. And the reincarnation thing is so cool :D
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, and Vomit
kristielmeyer'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? No
5.0
Moderate: Blood and Body horror
Minor: Death of parent, Violence, and Hate crime
yvonne_cl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse
marit_1305'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Racism, Gore, and Blood