Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

6 reviews

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Really neat world building and I loved the main leads (Aren and Lara) so much! Lots of fun snark too. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Death, War, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

lotte5322's review against another edition

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Sexism, Murder, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

lakinglaze's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! The character growth is *chef’s kiss* and I want to join them in saving this world! Ahhh can’t wait to see what happens next! 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

britgirlreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and War

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

sami_leigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Toxic relationship, War, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Dual POV, third person narration. Relatively strong character development allowing for the reader to truly champion the protagonist. The world building left some description to be desired in order to truly picture the setting of Ithicana and The Bridge. I’m looking forward to the development of some characters -both their relationships with others and the revelation of further backstory -in the sequel. I LOVE the representation of strong female warriors who don’t seem to be questioned based on gender.

Aren and Lara are the perfect enemies to lovers to enemies recipe. I genuinely enjoy when a male MC ‘falls’ first and I appreciated that he was not naive to Lara’s plotting, making his intentions and feelings seem genuine. I want to know more about how Lara’s upbringing has inhibited her trust in Aren as some of her omissions seemed unnecessary and confusing at times. Further character development on her part will be intriguing to watch as it unfolds in book 2.

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Bridge Kingdom is a fun read. The characters are not deep but they are relatable. The plot is nothing new but still an excellent story. It was not nearly as spicy as some people led me to believe.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Vomit