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Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
4.75/5 stars
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abandonment
and speaking of leads, really did end up liking james and rosabelle. their chemistry was well established and remained consistent and organic, and they both have really interesting and complex personalites/personal arcs. i felt especially endeared to rosabelle and fascinated with the way her mind works but also absolutely heartbroken at the things she went through that made her the way she is, whereas james is still my prince and it was great to see how much he's evolved and how different he is than before, but still somehow the same in all the ways that matter. i fucking love the assassin x target or "falling for your mark" trope so my interest was immediately piqued once it made sense that its what james and rosa's dynamic was gonna be.
the tropes were surely troping, but even with all the effort put into the romance, the plot wasnt left behind at all. some sequels as of late are prone to being weakly written and obviously only exist for nostalgia bait and to keep generating hype and money, but i gotta give tahereh her flowers for this one bc it actually seems like she's got something solid going on here. it makes sense for the new republic to still be facing problems even after a decade of coming into power. klaus is an impressibly unique villain that will most definitely cause a lot of problems be very hard to take down, plus the ark island folks do seem like proper pricks that'll be a pain to deal with. i like that. gimme all the action! i am more than ready to be back in this world. so far this is really shaping up to be a pretty damn good second gen series and if tahareh mafi keeps this up then and i will happily lock the fuck in for the next book or two. 4.75 stars ;)
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy