Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

17 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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This was a great book. I had a wonderful time reading it. I liked the worldbuilding and the lore. I'm excited to learn more about the magic system. I had a good time with the slow burn, enemies-to-lovers relationship that is building between Sylvia and Arin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: War, Child abuse, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

rachelhelmer's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Death, and Child abuse

alicia_rausch's review

adventurous funny tense 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

This was a breath of fresh air and it was great to see Egyptian rep in a space where it’s lacking! The writing was great - I enjoyed the sense of humor and liked all the characters. It’s a promising debut, but did suffer from pretty large pacing and storytelling issues and often felt confusing and messy. There was also a lot of lore dumping that didn’t serve the story. The bones of the plot were SO good, it was just how they were unearthed that I struggled with. So much so that this took me 3 attempts to even push through the first 25% of the novel. We spend so much time preparing for the action of the book, which doesn’t really occur until about 70% of the way through, that it often felt like a bow pulled tight but never released. I’m excited to see this series continue and watch the authors storytelling skills develop along with it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia

quiet_reader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, War, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

molliford's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Grief, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Kidnapping

pandorica_'s review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

This book was excellent. The moment I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down.



Sylvia is a troubled soul lost to the past. She has a secret that could kill her and the power to stop anyone who tries. She has been in hiding for many years and closed off from any companionship for just as long. On the day of a festival, everything in her life changes forever.

Arin is the Heir to the Nizahl Kingdom and Commander of their army. During one of his missions, he discovers a small village in the outskirts of a bordering kingdom. While approaching, he finds someone performing rites to a fallen Jasadi. Here he starts to form a plan. Arin then decides to use Sylvia as bait in his current mission.



The plot was magnificent. The writing was captivating. I’m honestly shocked this was the authors debut book.  When I know the book is going to be a series, I usually postpone completely finishing the book until the next book is available, but with this book it was impossible! I cannot wait for the second book to come out! While some of the more popular books end with a massive cliffhanger that could drive anyone insane, this book ended on a very nice note.(not like yay, I would be happy if that were the end of the series but more like everything came together in the end.) 

I could not recommend this book enough. I’m going to make all my book reading co workers and all my book reading customers read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Colonisation, Classism, War, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

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

3.75

The heir to Jasad, a province that has been forced into near nonexistance, is living in Nizal, a rival province, where she must keep her identity and magic secret. The Prince of Nizal, Arin, is suspicious of her as they are born enemies and in Nizal they have shunned the use of magic. It was an intriguing political setup, but I'll be honest I didn't really understand the point of the tournament besides something to happen, and I felt like the magic system could've been explained better. There is a romance element that is slow burn which I usually like, but it was a bit too long for the first book in a series and there were def some parts early to midway on that dragged. I might eventually listen to the sequel on audio whenever it comes out (but I'm also not sure how long this series is so...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Torture, War, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

meat_muffin'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? Yes

5.0

Okay, OBSESSED. This might be my new City of Brass, not gonna lie. Can’t BELIEVE the second one isn’t out yet ☹️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, War, and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Animal cruelty

jamby4546's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault