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The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport

19 reviews

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Bullying, Violence, Murder, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual content

suvlea's review against another edition

I was a ok book. I just didn't feel any excitement while reading it. I didn't want to read it either and I think it put me in a little reading slump. I probably will pick it up again later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Racism, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexism

thelostartofsecretkeeping's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Bullying, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

miriam_in_life's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

shaipanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Ok this book is bat shit insaneeee - I absolutely loved it but definitely did not expect exactly how dark it is so keep that I mind if you read this. However despite that, I really loved Kenna and this was a superrr engaging book. Despite it being  darker than I tend to prefer I’ll almost definitely read the sequel when it comes out cause omg so well doneee :) 
However I will say I personally didn’t give it a 5 star because of how unlikeable pretty much every character is at various parts of the story (including Kenna occasionally lol) and I tend to prefer to at least somewhat like the characters I’m reading about 
Oh also reallyyyy look at the trigger warnings fr cause this book is insanely dark and has no issues killing off characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, War, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship

racheldoesthings's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

rebeccajost's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexism, War, Blood, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Medical trauma, Racism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gore, Racial slurs, War, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

amivireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you Harper Voyager and NetGalley for an arc, here is my honest review. 

Give me book 2 now!! 

The blood trails put me through so much stress and I loved every second of it. This was an anticipated release of mine and is the first adult black fantasy book I’ve read and I was disappointed.  Everything about this book is bloody and violent. The author doesn’t hold back about details on violence or racism/sexism. 

Ikenna is one of the best female characters I’ve read in a while. She never holds back and at times makes rash and selfish choices that she deals with throughout the book. None of the female characters hold back and instead push toward even with all the sexism thrown their way. 

There is also a small romance plot line that doesn’t take away from the main focus of the story.

If you’re looking for a fantasy/sci-fi book that’s like blood scion but adult, then The Blood Trials is the perfect book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Violence, Torture, Sexism, Racism, Blood, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit