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Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual violence
Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War
I loved every minute of this book. I read the assassin's blade before this bc I heard it had a really high emotional impact and holy shit, it was perfect. Having TAB freshly on my mind made so much of this book more intense. I loved heir of fire but I actually think this one beat it. Literally my only two not-wildly-in-love thoughts were that it almost felt like too many POVs with the introduction of Elide, but even then ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ I really liked elide. My other thought was that aedion got real weird about aelin for a minute despite the fact that they're obviously not love interests and never could be. I understand he missed her and blah blah blah whatever but oh my god all the stuff about her scent and her body and everything was real weird for a cousin, I'm just saying ๐คจ now rowan's thoughts about aelin's scent and body, on the other hand, well... heh ๐ more please ๐ bc seriously good hell no more teasing, I just can't take it ๐ฎโ๐จ
Even chaol pissbaby westfall had some redemption towards the end. I didn't think I'd care if he got redemption, he's my tog tamlin at this point, buuuut he did do something useful so I guess I could allow it.
Seeing aelin do all the cool shit she did tho? That was just. Truly the best. The very best. She and her court have my endless love and respect and adoration. Queen of terrasen, queen of my heart. Mwah. Incredible. I fuckin loved this book. Peak SJM to say the least. The plot twist towards the end had me literally gasping out loud. Now, is that maybe bc I'm a little dumb and didn't see it coming? Possibly. Do I care? No. ๐ ๐ป
Excellent book, can't wait for the rest ๐
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Murder, Colonisation
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Grief
Minor: Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, War
Graphic: Suicide, Murder
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
My scoring:
5 | =everyone in the world must read this book
4.75 | =between 4.5 and 5
4.5 | =dessert island book
4.25 | =between 4 and 4.5
4 | =great, solid, reccomendable book
3.75 | =may not be a 4, but I had a good time
3.5 | = rough patches but not bad
3.25 | =between 3 and 3.5
3 | =meh
2 | =not good
1 | =bad
Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood
Minor: Slavery, Torture, Pregnancy