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melethwi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Rant review because I'm a salty lesbian lmao.
JLA has a nasty habit of shoving massive amounts of information down readers' throats, passing it off as her MC Poppy always having a lot of questions, when the truth is she just sucks at worldbuilding. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention but I truly don't understand what the gods are in this world or what their purpose is. Are they just super powerful magic users??? So confusing. Seems like the rules of magic get bent at JLA's will when she needs something convenient to happen.
Poppy, Casteel, and Rhysand from ACOTAR should get together sometime and dissertate on white feminism. This book has a lot of balls to have a black character named Tawny and then turn around and use "tawny" frequently to describe the dark color of another character's skin, whose name (Kieran) means "dark one." Just ????? What ????? Could JLA not afford a SINGLE sensitivity reader?
I really think these books would work a lot better if they would stop kidding themselves about overdramatic plot and just have the romance. As it stands, we just see Poppy and Casteel willing to kill, kill, and guess what? kill people to get revenge for the other person, but the only interactions we actually see Poppy and Casteel have either have almost no chemistry or their attraction is PURELY physical.
I really, really cannot decide if I want to spend time from my life reading the next book. I kept going this long because I thought Poppy and Casteel might go through some sort of development, but there really isn't much to speak for.
Graphic: Violence, Torture, War, Murder, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Minor: Trafficking
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Sexism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Trafficking, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Genocide, Death, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Sexual content
sophi_b's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content and War
prairieraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Sexism, Child death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Colonisation, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Cursing, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Classism, Grief, and Confinement
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Colonisation, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War
missgarceau'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
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War
cnohero's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Poppy is and how much Cass loves her. It just got to be too much
I persevered and now I’ve got to the intense ending I HAVE to move in to the next book to find out what happens 🤷♀️
Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Child death, Sexism, War, Vomit, and Torture
poppybos109's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Cursing, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, and War
xoxo_bookishbabe's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, War, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Infidelity and Grief
000eleonora000's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: War, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Cursing