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michaela_reads_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This story started off slow and I felt like they were having a lot of sex (don’t get me wrong I love shut), but there wasn’t much plot development. It did pick up in the last half and once that happened I had a hard time putting the book down. The ending kind of snuck up on me and I felt left a lot of plot lines and points open that I thought would be resolved but I guess that’s because there’s going to be another book lol so I’ll just wait to find out! Overall it was a good story and plot with a twist at the end I wasn’t expecting, and I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book!
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Murder
balancethebooks's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Murder
hapalyn'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
symabee's review against another edition
3.75
I'll start with what I liked about this installment in the FBAA/ASITE series:
- Nyktos and Sera are the embodiment of enemies to lovers, and you just can't beat that.
- Slowly piecing together the connections between the past and present is really satisfying.
- The spice is 🔥
- Plenty of conflict and character development
- Sera is unambiguously plus-sized and still badass
What I didn't like:
- The use of modern words and phrases is starting to get annoying. It pulls me out of the story and disrupts the flow. One character actually said "I nope'd out of the chamber" 🤦🏻♀️
- There are so many side characters (primals, gods, godlings, etc) That I honestly can't keep track of who is who, their titles, and what they look like. People would die, and instead of being upset I thought "who was that again?"
- SO REPETITIVE. Things I'm tired of hearing:
•I don't know why but her use of the word 'clamped' got on my nerves (it's used 16 times in the book) if I heard "my mouth clamped shut" or "pressure clamped my chest" one more time I was going to lose it.
•"Are you reading my emotions?" IT'S OBVIOUS NYKTOS IS READING YOUR EMOTIONS SERA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK EVERY FIVE MINUTES.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder, and War
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
kimmag92'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? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and War
wackly93's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping
chaptersofamylea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Not entirely sure how I feel about this book, neither loved it or hated it, but probably my least favourite book from this world.
I found the pacing to be slow in places and other bits unnecessarily dragged out. I will say that I will hand on heart will always fall into the emotive writing when its comes to Sera’s mental health, it gets me every time. I do like trying to link all the bits in the massive FBAA web but I did find myself ridiculously confused in other places. I also don’t feel I love the side characters as much in this series (Draken excluded cos who wouldn’t love Jadis), and I think thats one of the reasons I love FBAA so much. Interested to see what Kolis will do with this latest development though.
TWs: depictions of gore, violence, corpse depictions, ref to SA, panic attacks, anxiety and depression
Graphic: Gore and War
Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual assault
readlikeamother's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This is honestly feeling like the stronger series at this point compared to blood and ash. And I do think JLA is doing better at being less repetitive with the inner monologue. I still feel like the plot goes around in circles a bit too much and the book could lose 200 pages without losing anything essential. I’m invested, I just want it to get there a bit quicker ;)
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
midnacine'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
5.0
*for legal reasons, this is a joke
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
jinrui'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and War