Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

22 reviews

altbinx's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's soo good and I cried all of chapter 30.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

theminnesotawitch's review

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A very fun, angsty read. A queer beauty and the beast retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Murder

maximauve's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Alcohol

notpresent22's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I loved this book. A really fun read that brought me out of a reading slump. The characters are fun and lovable even though they’re a little bit messed up. They are also sexy (which is great in this kind of book). The plot is good and engaging throughout, though I will say some of the world building and magic was a little bit shallow in places - however I don’t think it needed to be overly complex for this kind of book. 

The sex scenes were sexy and fun and definitely evoked the correct kind of response in me. I will say however they were extremely idealistic and there were some moments I wished were described in more details (it felt in a couple places like the author had finished and wanted to move on). But I thoroughly enjoyed them overall. 

My biggest qualm with this book is not getting to see the feast at the end, it took away some of the catharsis (also wouldn’t have minded seeing the fuckfest that would have followed). 

Did I enjoy this book? Hell Yes I did. 
Will I be reading the sequel? I am aware that the sequels to this book don’t follow Jak and Marius however I enjoyed the writing and world enough that yes I do think I will be picking up the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body horror, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

secretlybatman4's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Death, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

aehmyers's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I am not a fan of myth retellings. That’s pretty much my only qualm with this book. This is a pretty interesting retelling of beauty and the beast, full of horror and spice. And the ending is quite the twist, too. I’m just the type of person that cringed at every familiar trope. I almost quit reading at the library. It’s a testament to the writing that I finished it. If you enjoy books inspired by beauty and the beast and horror, this is a great book. It’s just not my cup of tea. But I hope it’s true fans find it and show it all the appropriate love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Suicide attempt

azrieldds's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

It was cute I think
I like the pace at which the story progressed and the satisfying ending ngl
Fuck Jak's mum man fr
Horrible
Would've been a cool plot twist if she was the original woman
But yeah 
Wouldn't reread but a nice one time read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

potalian's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Torture, Suicide, and Self harm

kayceeisbookish's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury