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Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
The pacing, scene setting and plot itself are brilliant and engaging in this. It didn’t feel like a longer book and I was riveted the whole way through.
I love the character development that continues from book 1 into book 2, I love these characters so much and hope I get to see them in the other books of the series!
If you love vampires, action & enemies to lovers then get reading!
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, War
Minor: Excrement
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, War
Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol
Getting more story with Vincent and Septimus was great, but I feel like more on Jesmine would've been nice too though. I like Vale but he felt a little flat compared to who he was in 6SR, so I'm definitely glad I read the novella first otherwise he might've been easy to dislike. I'd have liked Lilith to be more than kind of a plot device for the main event that happens with her and Vale in this one? But I'm super attached to Lilith at this point tbh.
Watching oraya deal with her loss of trust in Vincent first and then raihn immediately after was very relatable and it was nice to see that there is no easy, one-size-fits-all answer for having conflicting feelings about loving someone who hurt you and broke your trust. Especially with Vincent, realizing someone close to you did a bunch of fucked up shit, even in the name of what they thought was love and protection, and then dealing with all of that baggage. Damn dude. Hit the nail on the head to see her reconcile with that and not find an easy solution, or one at all.
Overall the plot isn't quite as edge-of-your-seat as the last one until the last third of the book, give or take. Still an excellent book. I loved that the first one was enemies to lovers and the second one did it all over again but without it feeling repetitive. There were still "folds" and "slit" in the smut, which I boo wholeheartedly, but it didn't make me hate it. The romance and intimacy was very good, some of it had me actually grinning. There's a particular couple of chapters with dual POV bitey smut and when I tell you WHEW I mean WHEW. 🥵 So good. But ANYWAY very good book, despite being a little slow sometimes. Seeing oraya and raihn come apart and back together to save their home was fulfilling and I really enjoyed it. I'll be waiting eagerly for the next one. 🖤
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War
Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcohol
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief
Minor: Slavery, Torture
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Death of parent, Murder