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Crier's War by Nina Varela

77 reviews

msrsmoony's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

PLEASE READ THIS!! 
This is seriously my favorite book that I've ever read. The fantasy, the slow-burn romance, it was perfect. It always felt like there was something happening so it wasn't boring but it also wasn't too much. I absolutely love the characters and in my opinion they had a lot of depth to their character. And the plot?? Everything was a bit confusing at first but once you know what everything is its sooo good omg. And when i say this is a slow burn, I mean it. BUT OMG. they got me giggling and kicking my feet they're so cute 😭, and I feel like this book wasn't romance-centric and that a major part of this was the plot, but that made the romance seem even more special in my opinion. also I hope Kinok will suffer a long painful death in the next book ❤️
This book was a little bit predictable, but you would only know things just before it happened (and most times I rlly didn't expect it to happen tbh). I actually really enjoyed the way that you could sometimes predict what was going to happen, because it felt like you where slowly connecting the dots yourself and learning everything, y'know what I mean? 

And Crier going to the midwifery to get the passion pillar out of her? And the ending?? I was feeling what Crier felt, the betrayal?? Kinok showed Crier fake blueprints with five pillars, just to manipulate her

 

Anyways, please just read this and give this a try because it's so good (and it's sapphic so what other reasons would you need?). It might take a while for you to really get into it and understand everything, but once you do it's absolutely worth it!! 💟

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: War, Death of parent, and Violence

xxrrir's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: War

bek_p87's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

Set 47 years after the Automae - created humanoid beings - revolted and overthrew the ruling humans to claim rule for themselves and subjugate the humans as slaves, 'Crier's War' tells the story of Crier, a young Automa who is heir to the throne, and Ayla, a human girl who is part of a fledgling rebel force trying to overthrow the harsh rule of the Automae. It is a story about betrayal, revolution, impossible decisions, and love. This is book one in a duology, and it definitely left me wanting more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Blood

sorin_books27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death and Violence

verysillygoose's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: War, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, and Alcohol

piphux's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Death

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Blood, Violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Classism, Death, and Slavery

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

 This book:

-made me so emotional that I screamed out loud at one point and cried during the end of the Acknowledgements

-was a learning experience that I personally should not read something without spoilers

-was a pageturner

-has a very exciting ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War

maueyyy's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, and War