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ainadei'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
3.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Violence
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Xenophobia, War, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Gore, Murder, Racism, and Death of parent
Moderate: Confinement, Child death, Alcohol, and Cursing
peggyluwho's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The author wove a good story with engaging characters. I was curious to find out where the story was going, though I had predicted some of the twists of early on. I feel like too much was put into the description of people’s outfits and some of the immaturity of the characters was off putting. However, it’s YA and I’m not the target audience.
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia
abookwormspov's review against another edition
Graphic: Racism, War, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
nightjar656'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
4.75
- Ride or die sibling relationships
- Dragons
- Worldbuilding that deals with colonization
- Rlly cute hate-to-love romance side plots
- ‘What would happen after that middle grade series?’ Is answered
- Magic with gods and ancestors
- Morally grey characters (I know that’s thrown around a lot when a book just has some murder without consequences but. A main theme in this book is what’s good for the majority v what’s good for those you care about. It’s in the tagline just trust me ok?) & complex characters in general
- Good young adult fantasy
Graphic: Gaslighting and Xenophobia
Moderate: Colonisation
bisexualwentworth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
All of the elements are excellent here. This book is exploring some really compelling ideas: what does it mean to be a former chosen one or the sibling of a chosen one? What is good, what is evil, and what is the relationship between religion and morality? How do you rebuild your nation after a revolution? How do you find new relationships with your former colonial oppressors? Should you?
The characters are set up in really compelling ways. The dragons are fun. The world is queernormative and both main characters are queer (one is demisexual, one is a lesbian). The plot is good overall. It was just way too fast and completely lacking in any subtlety whatsoever. I felt extremely spoon-fed the entire time. I also felt like the book was rushing through instead of taking its time with the characters and concepts. I wonder if it was the author’s choice to make this one extremely rushed book instead of two slower, more thoughtful ones.
If there’s a sequel I will read it because I’m invested, but I was definitely slightly disappointed.
Graphic: Bullying, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Violence, Animal death, and Death
lettuce_read's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia
cryosphinx'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
4.0
A few things I was anticipating but didn't get was background if the previous war (touched upon but not in heavy detail of what exactly Faron did), the dragons (I wanted more, MORE dragon dialogue and more than one dragon talking).
It does end on a cliffhanger and it's such a cliff hanger I very much pulled a Zuni "That's it? Where's the rest of it?!" I want the next book yesterday.
Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Minor: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury
thoughtsontomes'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
Moderate: Xenophobia and Bullying
janiceinwonderland's review
- 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
4.5
i’ve fallen in love with these two sisters and kamilah cole has written a bond that i want to read about over and over. there were times where the transition and explanation of them sharing knowledge felt clunky but not to a distracting degree
i really can’t wait for the next book. the build up and the following cliffhanger were really something
Moderate: War, Death, and Violence
Minor: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism