Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

49 reviews

paperkindle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This had everything a young adult fantasy books should have 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

viselik's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• 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

At first, I just thought this book was boring and predictable but then it just started to get worse and worse. The book only gets good in the last 30-ish %, but I still had numerous issues with this book.

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
     
    
    

2) 

The whole plot twist about Sebastian actually being the prince is just so bloody predictable if you have read romances before. He's written like a love interest for crying out loud.

 

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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.

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Content Warnings

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

justagrlandherdog's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• 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

4.0

It was a slow start definitely but once you meet Finn it starts to pick up. While it wasn’t a complete stand out to me (twists seemed predictable) I enjoyed reading it. It’s not ACOTAR so don’t go into this book thinking that it will be but if you can get past trying to compare the two this is a good book. And Finn does give off some Rhys vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

I enjoyed this book for the fae drama and the struggles with the romance but other than that it really wasn't that great of a read for me. I didn't find the character development enjoyable and the plot didn't kick in until the last thirty percent of the book or so.

Even though one of the big plot points was getting MC's sister back, she's completely forgotten about often throughout the progression of the story.

  All in all it was enjoyable but not one of my favorite reads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse

theespressoedition's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

kassidyreads's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Slavery

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Okay hear me out: I know, objectively, this is not very good. The writing is very lackluster and repetitive and the book as a whole lacked editing. BUT if you have a fairy world fantasy itch that can’t seem to get scratched, this will do it. I really enjoyed this, despite the predicability and eye-roll worthy protagonist. It’s fun! So sue me. You get exactly what you expect, in my humble opinion. 
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. 

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Content Warnings

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

charleewalton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I lovedddddd this book with ever fibre of my being! Real life fairytale vibes and was a magical reading experience!! I was able to guess some key twists and turns but the major one I didn't see coming!! I went through every emotion possible whilst reading too! Love, anger, rage, jealousy, sadness! All of them which to me shows the talent of the author !! I haven't read many love triangle books but this one definitely hit its mark and I loved it! I also really enjoyed the little snippets we get of the side characters, some of which I loved just as much as the main characters! 
Also love a FMC in a YA fantasy!
The characters were loveable and the plot was so intriguing and it really was a page turner! Highly recommended and I can't wait to read the sequel!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping

ilka00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief