Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

18 reviews

sbordo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, War, Classism, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

purplexwidow's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I drank this up. Love the action, the new take on vampires (now with WINGS!) and complicated relationship between Oraya and her father. Slow-burn romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism and War

erinkellyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Continuing from the first book in this duology, I am again conflicted in my review. I did get more about the gods and Vincent/Oraya's past, which is what I was looking for, but... this dragged. I just never felt the chemistry between Raihn & Oraya and so when they were fighting over what Raihn did (which - valid, girl, I don't know if I could be in the same room with him after that in the beginning) I wasn't super rooting for them to get back together. I found myself skimming pages to get to the good parts. The ending was, in some ways, expected and, in others, unsatisfying. Now the question becomes - do I do what I did to myself with the Hades/Persephone series and push to read the rest in this world to see if it gets better or do I cut my losses on this series? Time will tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Slavery, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Child abuse, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Body shaming, Colonisation, Classism, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

beckyremillard'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, War, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual content

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Cursing, Death, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Medical content, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, and Murder

sumia's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

amoiseenko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Body horror, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death

dcnireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.25

a satisfying to conclusion to raihn and oraya's story. this book took a while to kick of for me, and it had its ups and downs that bored me a little, but once things kicked off, it was worth it. I didn't like how it took too long to piece oraya's past together bc that was one of the most interesting parts of the story for me, and I really wanted answers right away, but again, it was worth it. I liked her backstory, despite the few criticisms I have in mind (which i don't even have the energy to list down dont @ me)

oraya's bond with vincent was a complicated mess, but I appreciate the nature of that complexity and what it meant for oraya's development as an individual character. the same opinion goes for her relationship with raihn.

raihn on the other hand, i became quickly attached to, just as much as i was attached to oraya. his struggles over balancing his personal desires and feelings with his duty as king reminded of rhysand (though no one will ever compare to that man if you ask me) and I certainly felt his struggle, especially when it comes to his relationship with oraya.

other favorite characters include mische (cant wait for her story!!) and vale and lilith. they were a cute little duo.

all in all, this was an entertaining read, yes, even if I say that about most of my books, I do actually mean it. I hope to revisit this series someday eventually, and I hope oraya and raihn make a comeback :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

apolen's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Death, Grief, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, and Death of parent

headinthepages's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Gah! Ok I love this series. I need more and can’t wait for another FOUR books 😍

The pacing, scene setting and plot itself are brilliant and engaging in this. It didn’t feel like a longer book and I was riveted the whole way through.

I love the character development that continues from book 1 into book 2, I love these characters so much and hope I get to see them in the other books of the series!

If you love vampires, action & enemies to lovers then get reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Slavery, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, and War