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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

95 reviews

reading_mermaid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

memory erasing

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I need the next one?

What I love the most about this series are the characters. Yes, the plot is well done, and it has twists and turns and wild action and magic sequences... but I really, really love the characters and their interactions. For this reason, the first 30% were hard to get through because of the lack of my fav characters and my fav interactions. But once a certain obstacle was overcome... I got all that I wanted and so much of it. I just adore the way Tracy Deonn writes emotional and intimate scenes and dialogues between the characters. They feel so real and believable. 

Themes of racism and grief are continued here, but I also liked how intergenerational trauma was interpreted and visualized in this book. And I loved the focus on consent and taking back control over one's body and life. Brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Fire/Fire injury

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

This is SO CLOSE to perfect - I love everything about it but the plot gets really muddy and confusing in the last couple of chapters with all the dream sequences and big reveals. I don’t often say this, so you know I’m serious when I do say it, if you need to add another 100 or so pages to make it make more sense then PLEASE do it and don’t rush through crucial plot points! All that said…… team selwyn forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ u can fight me idc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

dewugging's review

adventurous dark tense 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

I need a while to recover from the experience that was the sequel to Legendborn. A plot that doesn't quit, a deeper exploration of the secret magical world, and too many emotions. That was a ride, and I cannot wait for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Vomit

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

'Bloodmarked' by Tracy Deonn is the second book in the Legendborn Cycle. It builds upon what was established in the first book as Bree begins to understand her powers and their cost. Without spoiling book one, this book picks up almost immediately after book one and deals directly with the fallout from what was discovered at the end of the previous book. 
Where pacing was one of my favorite things in Legendborn, the pacing in Bloodmarked felt a little off. The beginning half was quite slow and it was only about halfway through that I felt the story picked up and began to move along quickly. There are lots of interesting revelations about Bree, her backstory, and the Order. We get to learn a lot more about the ruling powers behind the Order and where their true motives lie. 
For some reason, I was under the impression that this was a duology so I was very confused why things didn't feel like they were wrapping up once we got to the 75% point. Knowing now that there is at least one more book, it does make more sense. 
This book definitely ends with another cliffhanger and I am very interested to see where the story goes next. As with the first book, the characters are my favorite part of this series, followed closely by the world. We get introduced to some really interesting characters in this book and we also get to learn more about those that we already know and care about. I'll be fascinated to see what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

gsnorks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This book fell victim to the second book syndrome unfortunately. The beginning was great, but it fell off a little for me. (As a side note, the more I read in this series, the more I am convinced that the love triangle will be resolved in polyamory) 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Slavery

hmstaab's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Torture, Blood, and Gaslighting

kennadis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Kidnapping