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akcurtis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault
bryleecookie'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
4.5
The trials were deadly and intriguing, the world building wasn’t overly complicated but still interesting, the magic was dark and mysterious, with the reluctant alliance between Oraya & Raihn a captivating story to watch unfold.
The vampires in this weren’t your typical copy & paste vampires, they had human elements, variety, personality and the blood sucking wasn’t the main theme in this book, although it is definitely a reoccurring mention and subplot, it was not the main focus of the vampires which was refreshing.
There’s just something about deadly trials and games that reel me in as a reader and I loved that this plot has developed to grow up as I have and was written in an adult perspective, rather than the YA that it is typically used for.
Oraya is an odds-defying, badass FMC who is entertaining to read about, but I did feel that there was some contradiction to her character and some holes in her story which I’m hoping is explained more in depth in the next book.
Raihn is swoon worthy, a badass MMC with alpha energy and underdog vibes. I would have liked to have read his perspective though as some foreshadowing was definitely missed here considering the ending of this book. Although, I will say that because of this, I really felt the emotions the characters were experiencing along with them.
I rated this a 4.5. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it but was disappointed that the lovers portion was very short lived, aswell as the ending feeling rushed with little explanation and the characters needing some more depth. However, this did not take away from the overall fun of the book, it os an easy, action packed, exciting romantasy read.
Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Mention of sexual assault/rape (not detailed)lemontea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
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 💯.
- 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
katja98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Grief, Slavery, Death, Violence, Murder, and Blood
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
kammorgan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault and Animal death
This was surprisingly super violent. Since they are vampires - like killing is so nonchalant, but wow some of the scenes were pretty gruesome.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