Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

133 reviews

lulu_9_mx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Es gab wenig Infos zum Worldbuilding. Besonders am Anfang hat es mir sehr gefehlt, um die Welt zu verstehen. Gerne hätte ich mehr über die Magie, den Krieg oder die Religion erfahren.

Das Pacing war ganz okay. Viele Dinge wurden am Ende enthüllt, was dafür die Mitte in die Länge gezogen hat. Der Wettkampf wurde auch sehr ausführlich beschrieben. Einige der Plottwists habe ich kommen sehen und teilweise waren sie etwas unerklärt. Da hätte ich mir mehr Infos gewünscht.

Vincent's und Orayas Beziehung zueinander war mMn die beste. Auch wenn sie sich in vielen Punkten unterscheiden und Vincent sie nicht ganz unproblematisch behandelt hat, habe ich doch seine väterlichen Liebe gefühlt.

Oraya selbst ist eine unerschütterliche Frau. Sie hält an ihren Prinzipien fest und brauch einige Zeit, um sich zu öffnen. Hat sie aber einmal jemanden in ihr Herz geschlossen, würde sie alles für diese Person tun. Ich bin nicht ganz warm mit ihr geworden, aber es ist ja auch der erste Teil.

Rhain finde ich klasse. Er ist genau die richtige Mischung aus moody, dark, ernst und gleichzeitig funny und führsorglich. Trotzdem hat auch bei ihm ein gewisser Funke gefehlt.

Orayas und Rhains Beziehung baut auf sehr viel Konsent auf, was ich sehr sehr toll finde. Man sollte meinen, dass zwischen ihnen ein Machtgefälle entsteht, aber auch das ist nicht der Fall. Rhain gibt ihr genau die richtige Zeit, sich zu öffnen und ihm zu vertrauen.

Beste Szenen:

• Das Essen
• Die Taverne
• Die Prüfung zu zweit
• Vor der letzten Prüfung
• Vincent und Oraya nach der Prüfung
• Die Rückblenden

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and War

ajthequeen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I swear to god, ppl who rave about this book have to be lying or are increasingly desperate for romantasy novels. I liked oraya for the most part. I felt like she was a great reflection on feeling like you owe someone something for the bare minimum and never pushing, always creating peace with your parent in fear of the silent treatment. There were some good lines in this book. However i feel like oraya was extremely smart until the plot needed her to be stupid to advance. Why the hell would she “wish raihn won” the kejari? Maam. What was wrong with “i wish that i was a powerful vampire and that raihn was alive “???? But no, the plot required her to be stupid so that the second book could exist. This book as a standalone wouldve been better imo. 

Vincent taught Oraya how to use magic. She never once questioned why she was able to conjure magic but none of the other humans could? 

The worldbuilding in this was shoddy at best. What is the kejari?? Why did it start? Why are there theoretically human lands across the ocean? Where do the humans in the vampire lands come from? What is the history of the cities we learn? Who is the house of shadow? There appears to he a lot of hindu/indian root words/spelling but why? I love it dont get me wrong, but theres never any connections made. The author appears to just like these spellings but doesnt take the opportunity to connect it to anything. I kept waiting for more from the worldbuilding but it never came. 

Raihn was great and his plot twist was easy to see coming from the beginning of the novel, but thats fine. Not everything has to be life altering in terms of plot twists. However, i hated that his entire personality changed at the end of the book. He went from caring and compassionate towards oraya to “I win so you have to love me” kinda guy. I totally get getting married to keep oraya safe, but he never once sits down with her and tries to see her pov, he just sits there and defends himself and expects oraya to be fine with him. He stops sharing everything with her and starts being cold and distant and expects oraya to just be in looove. Ugh. 

I wont be reading book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

maddiementions's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood

tldjohnson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

deefrenchy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

lbagley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

If I could give this more than 5 stars, I would. I might even give it 10. This is one of the most amazing romantasy books I’ve ever read. It’s like if you mixed ACOTAR with The Hunger Games and Throne of Glass and then tossed in vampires that have both wings and magic. The slow burn romance is everything. The plot twists are even better. Highly recommend. I can’t believe I never hear this series talked about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Self harm, and Alcohol

jmehopereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abandonment

outerspacekate's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

It was a slow start, but once into it, it took off. I really feel the relationship between the two main characters develops naturally and genuinely, it doesn’t feel forced at all. The characters are likeable. The ending was interesting even if it was a little predictable. Can’t wait to read the second one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Classism

simsplayer30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape

mabelrodriguez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury