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discoverelysian's review against another edition
4.0
loved the Impossible Trial. loved the way the argue and fight and make up because that’s what friends do. loved Eden’s attitude in dealing with Grace. loved the stunt the gargoyles put at the end.
Graphic: Violence, War, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny
aseel_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Torture, and War
cady_sass's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I said in my last review (covet, #3) that the writing was getting marginally better with each book and I’d now like to formally retract that statement. Grace has become insufferable, but it’s not ALL the characters fault, it’s just bad writing. Her internal monologue is so painfully repetitive that it’s near insulting to the reader. If an editor had cut out all the rendundant content you could literally remove hundreds of pages. Having finished this book, I wish there weren’t more. I will read them, of course, but I’m not overly happy about it. I will see this through!
A few of the most heinously abused and repeated phrases in this book that I hope I never have to read again:
“My Mate” - we get it. Stop saying it every other sentence
“You’re ridiculous, you know that right?”
“Force a smile/grin that I’m far from feeling”
“Smile/grin that doesn’t reach his/her/their eyes”
“Choke back bile in the back of my throat”
“Laughs without humor”
Side note: for all the novels in this series up until this one I have switched back and forth between reading the ebook and listening to the audiobook to get through them quickly. Don’t listen to this audiobook - the narrator regularly gets the characters accents mixed up mid dialogue and it’s SO confusing. (For example: They’ll say something in Hudson’s voice that Hudson did NOT say, and I’d have to go back to the book to figure out what actually happened in conversation). There’s also continuity issues with pronunciation that is not earth shattering but bothered me to no end (for example, Mehki’s name is suddenly pronounced entirely differently in this book versus the first 3). I had to stop listening and just trudge thru this one the old fashioned way, this perhaps lent to me being more triggered by the writing 🤣
Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Mental illness, Vomit, Torture, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cursing, Abandonment, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, War, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
kbairbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Violence, War, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Child abuse