Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

130 reviews

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I liked the premise of this book but felt like too much was left undiscovered.
1) The characters weren’t explored to their fullest (maybe due to the fact that Oraya didn’t even know who she was herself) but that made me feel like all of the emotions were unrealistic and kind of shallow.
2) I didn’t understand why the different clans have beef. I feel like we were only told “there’s three houses and these two clans in the House of Night” and that was it. There was no context on the contest, on the uprisings, etc.

What I do like is that we’re going into the second book with a lot of unanswered questions (about Oraya and her heritage, about everyone’s true motivations etc.) so there is potential for this ‘lacking’ world building to be redeemed in the second book.
I also like that

maybe our two protagonists will get the chance to get to know each other under different circumstances and deepen their bond, hopefully AFTER they’ve both decided what they actually want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Rape, Self harm, and Vomit

barocap001's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

sierrarose5827's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jacklynp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

hilaryisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

This was a fantastic book. It actually lived up to the hype, which amazed me. I'm not usually into vampire stories, but I really enjoyed this read. I can't get over the plot twists and turns. Every trial is another mystery, and described with amazing detail. I liked that the FMC struggled both in the trials and had a profound internal struggle, through which she tried so hard to cling to logic and her teachings. Also, I've been finding so many books recently focus too much on how the protagonsits are sex-on-a-stick, and the author didn't go too far down that road. It's actually refreshing to find a story that contains romance without hyper-sexualising the characters. This book was about the story, not about rippling arms and dimples. And the ending! I won't ruin it for you, but I did not see that coming. It was so tense ... I was totally locked in. Can't wait to read the next in the Nightborn duet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

THE BETRAYAL!!!

beehanc1929's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

almostfearless1's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? No

4.75

The book had a bit of a slow build, but once it got going it really started going. I needed more seatbelts for the emotional rollercoaster that this book took me on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, and War

johanna02's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm and Sexual violence

At the beginning of the book you find a content warning from the author that I found very accurate.

scarlett_librarian's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

irid's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual violence