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The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole

34 reviews

bangiebangs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

 4* 

- ends on cliffhanger (unfinished trilogy/series) 

- spice: 3/5 (only bc there were so few scenes, but those were excellent and worth the wait) 

This had been on my TBR for a while and I finally started reading it because an author I follow loved it. Have to admit, I almost DNF’d this because it took me forever to get into the story. Not sure why but for the first quarter I wasn’t sure I knew what was going on, or cared too much either. 

That said, once I got into it, boy was I into it! I knew this was an E2L story so I was excited to see how that would happen. But this isn’t even the best part (though that slow burn, hmmmm delicious!), I thought the world-building was just excellent. I still don’t totally get how one world “fell” into another or what happened to that first world exactly (it seems to still exist? Or is that another planet?) but it seems to make sense most of the time. I just think of it as continents, basically. 

I really liked that the villain here is the FMC, which is somewhat unusual. And if she is bad, you really dislike her – she is not just a little villainous for show, she is a mass murderer. It does make sense that some of the other characters are not exactly willing to overlook that. If you’re a Nesta fan, you’ll probably like Dianna, though. 

I think in places the antagonism and self-hate may have been a little overdone, but overall, it worked. The MMC also has his fair share of self-loathing to carry, and we get a good view into depression and recovery from different points of view, and different kinds of depression. I thought that was done really well. 

Other than that, you get the usual fantasy bodies that are flat and muscled and whatnot with the endless thick shlong you expect (getting a tad tired of this, ngl, just give me a realistic body every once in a while, not this “hulking guy plus petite woman” porn-ish thing), and if I read “you need to be ready” and “he fed me his dick inch by inch until finally seated fully blah blah never felt so full” I might abandon ship. 

So tl;dr, the book picked up significantly in the second half for me, and I immediately started reading the next one. The cliffhanger was only bearable bc book 2 is already out, but otherwise I would have been in pain. Best wait until the next (last?) one is out if an unfinished series is not your flavor of masochism ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

badclassical's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

Parts of this book felt like fan fic. Too much sex and explanation, not enough world building for the scope it seemed to be going for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Sexism and Sexual violence

radiantgeode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katharina90's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

A slow pace and a slow burn. The world building was confusing all the way through but I enjoyed the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Torture

zias's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and War

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Death of parent

haleyc00k's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

xta_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-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? Yes

3.75

Over all I really enjoyed this book. I appreciated the exploration of grief, and over all I liked Liam/Samkiel's chapters much more than Dianna's. The over all plot and story were very satisfying, even if sometimes the bravado that Dianna displayed was incredibly unbelievable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

steffandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

Amber, what have you done 😭 THE ENDING!! I can’t 😭😭 when is book two coming out?
I can’t even imagine how this story is supposed to entail five books overall, Dianna and Liam already went through so much in this book, what else are they supposed to endure? I can’t, I literally can’t…
I love how Liam is such a big teddybear and open with his feelings and so on and I really liked how he and Dianna went from enemies to more. They were literally enemies in the beginning. Both are not heroes in this story. Both already committed atrocities to save those they loved. I liked how Amber was portraying them as not being “good” guys.
The story and world as such is really complex, which took me a moment to get into, but I like reading a book where not everything is explained in the beginning. Gives me that tense feeling, you know.
I need more of Dianna and Liam, like right now. 

Please don’t keep them apart for long in the second book, okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent