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notschshelby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Torture
leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Death, and Violence
cryosphinx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
There is overall less spice, but the spice is still well written. This book definitely takes a much darker turn and there is quite a bit of violence and torture scenes.
I mostly just wish more happened. You spend the entire book with the two main characters imprisoned and imprisoned in a weird way (as in they have some amount of freedom randomly?) And you don't get a whole lot of the characters you've met.
In the end, I'll still pick up the next one especially because CLIFFHANGER.
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Confinement
Moderate: Blood and Sexual violence
Minor: Rape
kayemm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Without giving spoilers away, there are some plot holes that are still lingering from the first and second books, as well as some that are created in this third book, but potentially those could all be tied up in the fourth book, so just keep those in mind in case plot holes aggravate you like they do me...
The violence in this book is a lot stronger and more gorey than the first two books. There were absolutely parts that made me cringe, but I felt like the author did an incredibly good job at conveying the raw, visceral feelings and scenes that she wants the reader to understand so that the scenes serve a purpose instead of just being gratuitous.
Also, I can't help but laugh at all of the people who say that there isn't a diverse cast. The author does a very good job at describing all of the different shades of skin tone of the characters in the book. They range from caramel skin, porcelain skin, practically see-through (they're technically dead lol), the skin of burnt leaves in autumn, etc. It's a unique and fantasy-based way of describing skin tones. That makes it very clear that the characters are based around multiple different ethnicities, not to mention it's literally based around various types of beings. She even refers to one of the Fae as sepia-toned. It's also fae, humans, witches, Gods, changelings, and other fantasy creatures. It's not diverse in reality, but it's definitely diverse!!
I'm dying to see where the fourth book goes. I can't believe how long we have to wait for it to come out. Ugh.
Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Rape
haleyc00k's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Torture, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
marlimead's review
- 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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Murder, Gore, Death, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Blood, Torture, and Physical abuse
mmagaro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
TWs & content warnings:
- This book is much darker than the two before it, including much more graphic descriptions of torture, and several mentions (but not descriptions) of rape/sexual assault (not by any main characters)
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Blood
Minor: Rape