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cait'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
5.0
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Classism, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Colonisation, Stalking, War, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Violence, and Vomit
dundiesbooks'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
4.5
I love all our core characters and many of the side characters, including some of the teachers. It was great that the story didn't shy away from complicated and layered relationships in all domains.
At times I was annoyed with
All in all I really like this 2nd installment, though it could have been a little less dense with a couple more calm scenes focusing simply on characters and relationships. Still great how everything came together. - I left out so much..
Graphic: Confinement, War, Cursing, Death, Violence, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders
booksofautumn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Blood, Classism, War, Death of parent, and Death
ka_ke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Confinement, Sexual content, Cursing, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Medical content
Minor: Toxic relationship
emilywemily6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, War, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Body horror
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Classism
Minor: Ableism and Alcohol
natashareadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4ā out of 5ā.
Tropes:
ā fantasy romance /romantasy
ā enemies to lovers
ā forced Proximity
ā academy (war college)
ā New Adult romance
ā chronic illness (h) representation
ā morally gray H
āfound family
ā slow burn
ā overcoming adversity/underdog
ā dysfunctional family
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Cursing, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Torture, and War
lexim's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, War, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Chronic illness, and Confinement
Minor: Bullying, Classism, Medical trauma, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders
chasingpages1'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Violence, Gaslighting, War, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Chronic illness, and Classism
Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Gore, Medical trauma, Genocide, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Cursing
keelirae113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Medical content, War, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Body horror, Classism, Child death, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Confinement, and Vomit
Minor: Bullying and Kidnapping
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
- The age difference when they meet. Violet & Sloane: first-years; Xaden & Dain: third-years
- The chain of command forbiddeness. Both Xaden and Dain were/are the Wing Leaders of Violet/Sloane, and specifically in Fourth Wing.
- Each pairing has a child of a Tyrrish officer and a child of a Navarrean officer.
- Each pairing is equal in parentās rank. Violet and Xaden are each the child of the military leader and Sloane and Dain are each the child of the military leaderās right-hand. Xaden even made that comparison, though with Liam instead of Sloane.
- Dain and Violet each thought they wanted their best friend. Xaden (and likely Sloane) didnāt really care about romance, but did care about revenge/the rebellion.
This kind of all hinges on if Sloane knows about Dainās involvement in her brotherās death, but Sloane and Dain have similar reasons to be enemies as Violet and Xaden did. Violet disliked Xaden for his father having ākilledā her brother. And Xaden didnāt like her because he hated her mom for killing his dad. Dainās father definitely got Liam killed and thereās definitely an argument for still blaming Dain even after learning that he didnāt know about the ambush./spoiler> Violet and Xadenās signets are both powerful and complimentary, with light vs dark. Sloane and Dainās signets are also both powerful, and while not exactly complimentary, they are similar, with both being able to take from another rider and could easily be used as a weapon, which is demonstrated with Dain during Violetās torture and Sloane with Violetās mom./spoiler>
So yeah, I think that the next book should just ignore Violet and Xaden and whatever mess theyāre in and focus on this new enemies to lovers story! And if Rebecca Yarros does ever see this, Iād love a shoutout in the acknowledgments!
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Grief, Medical content, Torture, War, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, and Gore
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Classism, and Toxic relationship