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Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War
I hated the beginning - loved the middle - hated the ending.
As someone who likes reading Fantasy with all the things that come with it the one thing I hate reading about is isolated characters. As long as our protagonist has a support network, friends/family and people they can trust around them I can handle most things. But I HATE it when friends can't trust each other and have to lie / go through things on their own.
Besides that I also just thought the beginning was very slow. I dragged out reading Iron Flame for the longest time and that didn't exactly helped when I finally decided to continue the series.
At that point I was really invested again and then the whole end of the book happened.
The whole battle was fine. I was sad when Violet's mum died but it made sense for her character. I'm more scared about who will take her place next because I feel like it can only get worse. What I absolutely hate is Xadens end though. It doesn't make any sense to me. Why would he EVER turn venin?? Violet wasn't even in any immediate particular danger so that's not a good enough reason! I absolutely hate that that happened and I truly don't think it makes sense for his character. I understood his reasoning for hiding the rebellion, I even understood him hiding the second signet but THIS is really bad. And I love Xaden but that was such a stupid thing to do and I hate that it happened.
Will I read book 3? Obviously because I have to but I'm already mad at it and I haven't even started which is not ideal.
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Vomit
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
Review: Joining the revolution brings a whole new list of enemies for Violet, including allies and family, as she turns her back on all she knows.
Synopsis: It's so hard to give this book a rating when some chapters had me gripped and reading late into the night, while others made me almost throw the book away. Part One was mostly filler, with Violet and Xaden arguing and fighting incessantly about if they loved and trusted each other, while Xaden kept holding back world changing secrets. Part Two picked up finally once the revolution got into full swing, with big action scenes and jaw dropping twists. I feel drained and definitely need a break before jumping into the next book
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Either way, it was an enjoyable read and I'm excited to start the next book in the series.
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War
Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury