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Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail
First of all, an adult spicy how to train your dragon? Sold.
Fully developed, well-rounded characters? Absolutely.
Semi-predictable plot but still worth reading? Definitely.
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation
Minor: Child abuse
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at basically-child-soldier camp. I love a fun trope-y read. I honestly even kind of liked how I was able to predict the entire plot as it happened. (I promise I’m not being shady, I really did enjoy that aspect.) Also, disability rep where the characters are accommodated for instead of having to overcome being disabled? We LOVE to see it. I’m stoked to read the sequel because I found the story, the world, and the characters really interesting. I just also found them to be rather one dimensional and at times lazily written ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lots of the world building and characterization is told instead of shown. Violet and Xaden’s relationship is way more insta-love than enemies to lovers like it was billed. As some other reviews point out, some of the most interesting character dynamics, like Violet’s relationships with her mom and sister, are glossed over or only really spoken about based on what happened before the story begins. There’s a lot of potential here, and I hope more of that is explored in the next book.
If you’re into this kind of new adult romantasy (although this one felt way more YA than adult), I’d still recommend Fourth Wing. It’s a fun time, but if you spend any time on the internet, temper your expectations.
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment