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jnterhune's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Murder, Rape, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Gore
kuro2091's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Torture, War, and Confinement
scoto435's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
- 🌶️1 ; there are a lot of tense moments and banter, but the book focuses on content not really spice.
- I loved the dynamic with the main characters and truly enjoyed the banter/ wit. I saw good character development and found the characters lovable and easy to hate at the same time.
- The story was slow to start but it picked up 1/3 of the way and the last 10% was wild đź’Ż.
- The author had an easy to read writing style that was focused on 1 character.
- The reason I did not give this book a 4 or above was the world building was “ok”. The content of the book focused on a multiple part game, so in all fairness world building wasn’t fully necessary. That being said I wanted more backstory about the gods, previous main character battles, humans, other vampires, etc. This may be rectified in book 2. What is currently in book one didn’t provide enough world breadcrumbs for me to care about it.
Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, War, and Death
skyfluff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Self harm, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, War, Torture, Death of parent, Death, and Violence
spatterson7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Cursing, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, War, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Torture, Slavery, and Self harm
e11e_reads's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Blood, Torture, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Slavery and Rape
ihssu0624's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: War, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Torture, Abandonment, Rape, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide
ginnymiglierina's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
The story is well paced, the action doesn’t drag out too long and the “slower” parts are still animated and interesting. I think the tournaments and trials are becoming a little overdone in fantasy books and it feels like reading different versions of the same book - especially when there is a more or less powerless human who is somehow stronger than anyone with powers or other creatures and manages to defeat the opposition. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the story and world building and I’m interested to see what happens with the rest of the series!
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Rape and Physical abuse
Minor: Torture and Slavery
zoeyfawn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape and Violence
Moderate: Torture, Death, Blood, Racism, Sexual content, and Gore
radiergummi15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Very addictive, good plottwists and cliffhangers, interesting themes (humanity & power(lessness)), not my favorite romance, but still enjoyable. Very interesting parent-child dynamic. I don't know how to handle the ending though (in good and bad ways). Do look up the content warnings and please be aware that the way this book handles the topic of sexual assault might be disturbing to some due to (main) characters making explicit threats about it. Also don't pick this up if you don't want morally gray main characters.
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Rape
Minor: Torture, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury