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k_galloway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Slavery, Gore, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Abortion
maddox22'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
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Slavery, Blood, Torture, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Seriously all the trigger warnings for child murderonemamareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Violence, Classism, Child death, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Blood, and Animal cruelty
beckyyreadss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book is told from Serilda’s point of view. She was cursed by the god of lies and has developed a talent for storytelling. When one of Serilda’s stories draws the attention of the Erilking, she finds herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl the earth, and ravens track her every move. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold or be killed for lying. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. And he agrees to help her, for a price. But as the months go on, she falls in love with the mysterious young man and yet there are too many secrets, and she doesn’t know who she can trust. This book is a young adult fantasy.
This book was difficult. The world building wasn’t there and there wasn’t much character building expect that Serilda is a storyteller and she’s got to go back to the “bad castle” every full moon. I think I also struggled with this book as I didn’t understand all the God analogy of it. Serilda was a damsel in distress that was trying to save herself but just couldn’t and then rejected help. Erikling’s got no back story and no character background or building expect he likes to hunt and be a dick. Gild sort of saved this book and I would have loved for him to be the hero and be the want getting the girl. I hated how it ended and hopefully it’s building for the next book.
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual content and Abortion
leahjanespeare's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Pregnancy
laneys_library'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Abortion
thecatconstellation's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Child death, Death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Abortion, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content
lottsofplots's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Gore
Minor: Sexual content and Abortion
aprilmariee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Violence and Child death
lalabeths's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- Marissa Meyer
- retelling of folklore in new way
- gruesome / dark nature of Grimm tales is kept
- writing style
- can’t wait to read the next
🍅 Meh 🍅
- could predict parts of the book pretty easily
- the romance aspect felt very sped up
- pacing was ok
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide, War, and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abandonment