Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

What Lurks Between the Fates by Harper L. Woods

3 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Violence, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death of parent, Classism, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, War, Rape, Stalking, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Abandonment, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, and Pedophilia

bookwormbarber's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

kayemm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

This book is infinitely better than the first two. I really enjoy the series overall, but this book has a much deeper, richer plot. The sex in this book actually moves the story along (I mean ok, not all of it lol). It's not entirely salacious. The character development here is good as well, and there are some twists that you definitely don't see coming. I'm usually able to predict books, and there were some things about this that I actually didn't predict. I liked that about it.

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Rape