Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

82 reviews

queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

4 ⭐ CW: violence, blood, death, torture, sexual content 

"We are but fevered stars. Here a little while, bright with promise, before we burn away." 

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse is book two in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. Although I thought this installment was a bit slower, it was still a great book. I love the continued world-building and raising of the stakes. Potential spoilers for book one ahead.

The Watchers are dead, but Naranpa is not, and emerges with the new found powers of the Sun god to mirror Serapio's Crow god. She works to figure out what her role will be in the coming war. Serapio is injured, and isn't welcomed into Carrion Crow with open arms as he thought. The clans strive for power. Unbeknownst to most of the clans, sorcerers and spearmaidens plot their war against Tova. Meanwhile, Xiala tries to find her way back to Serapio and come to terms with her dangerous Song. 

I love that we continue to see that neither Serapio or Naranpa are either the hero or villain. We get to see them have more in common than not. It was fascinating to learn more about the magic in the world of shadow and stone. We learn about the history of the last war brought on by the spearmaidens that led to the current treaty among the clans. There was a lot of political intrigue in this book. I still hold that I want an entire book about Xiala and the Teek. I'm thinking we will get more about them in the final book. 

I just want Serapio and Xiala to be happy 😭! Looking forward to book three! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

jb4nay's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

Very fun, engaging sequel. It sets up for the finale to be awesome! I wish I got more from the magic system they tease, but I’m excited. I enjoyed the POV hopping around without me losing plot points. Chapters weren’t so long that I got lost, but I did take notes anyway 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

calmk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, and Blood

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and War

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

Unfortunately a bit of a book two slump for me. It's the whole: the two main characters are separated from each other the whole book, which is often not fun to read. I also felt like not a ton really happened for like 90% of the book? There was a lot of characters just talking, but not in a super politically interesting way? Sometimes I wonder if there are too many sides to the political intrigue. I did like the expansion of some character's involvement (Iktan). It just felt like a LOT of setup...

Can't wait to see where Serapio and Naranpa go together...

I really loved the first book and I am still excited to read the third, final, book to see where this whole series ends up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

pertenzie'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death

kirchnerkd's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and War

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Alcohol, and War

sonias's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood