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viselik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Please look up content warnings for this book, it deals with some pretty dark topics and the version I had did not have any content warnings in it.
1) There is no content warning and this NEEDED to have one.
- There is a fucking
concentration camp in it and there was no warning about it before we find out about it. We find out about it in Chapter 15. - Emotional manipulation is a super big thing in this book, there is no warning about that.
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Like the entire character of Ronan/Sebastian should have had a content warning
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Once we learned that Prince Ronan was missing I instantly knew that Sebastian was Ronan. It was too obvious to me after we had it stated that Sebastian was going away the night after the first day of the ball.
3) The naming system of this world. Characters and the land.
- We had the Seelie lands, the Unseelie lands and the Wild Fae lands... This just felt too basic for me.
- Then there are the characters.
- Let's start with the main character's nickname, Brie. That is a cheese, a rather smelly cheese. I may or may not have just started calling her cheese girl.
- The two love interests! We have Ronan/Sebastian and... Finnian. I was left slightly disappointed by these.
- Finnian's uncle is called Mordred or something like that and his father was called Oberon. I expected more considering the name of the people around them.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Vomit
Minor: Sexism
booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse
cady_sass's review
- 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
4.0
Side note: there are a lot ( a LOT ) of reviews calling this an ACOTAR rip off and, while there are some minor similarities, I don’t feel that way at all. Sorry not sorry.
Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
ilka00'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: Homophobia
siglerbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
And the ending was not satisfying for me. I guessed a lot of what was going to happen by chapter 10 and almost everything else by chapter 19.
This felt like the miscommunication trope to the extreme which has never been a favorite. There were so many places where honesty could have made a better story.
Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Medical content
Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content
bookishflower's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Slavery, Homophobia, and Trafficking
angelica02's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The start was very fast paced which I normally enjoy but I feel like I didn’t have enough time to care for the main character.
In regards to characters I didn’t really like Brie as I felt she was trying too hard to be like other girls, but did t really have a personality? It’s mentioned she likes reading towards the middle of the book, but it seems like it’s only used as a plot point, not really part of her character. It the start it also had a seen where she is a thief but it doesn’t really go in depth explaining how she got her skills and is not truely mentioned much, and as a thief she isn’t as subtle as I would think, therefore this seems to only be a trait added that wasn’t really thought through. Overall I thought Brie was very one dimensional and superficial.
Towards the love interests I don’t really have anything to say they seemed like the typical love interests in these sort of books.
In regards to plot I wasn’t that interested however the last 100 pages it started to pick up a bit so I enjoyed it a bit more.
Also wanted to comment that for a book the revolves around magic the magic system wasn’t very well explained and the rules seemed to contradict themselves quite a bit. The system just seemed to change whenever needed to benefit the characters. For example the goblins needing a price for information but answering many questions for one lock of hair? It just seemed like Brie needed to know something and the author couldn’t figure out another way of getting it to her.
No hate to the author just my opinion.
Moderate: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping
Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Trafficking
politewriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Trafficking, War, and Cursing
elderflower's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Likes:
- Hot romance and love interests
- Worldbuilding
- Love triangle
- Gorgeous cover
- Brie seemed to be “not like other girls” and was pretty annoying
- Pretty cliché
- Came across like it was trying hard to be cool but just succeeded at being annoying
- Boring start
- Didn’t really capture my attention or feelings
- Romantic pacing was jumpy and weird
Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Slavery, and Emotional abuse
more content warnings: drugged drink, cheating, guilt trips, manipulation