Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

56 reviews

ablespia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

💬: "I'll let the past burn to ash, Freya, because you are my present. My future. My destiny."

Jensen L. Danielle. A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated Book 1) (p. ?). Del Rey. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, romantasy, mythology (Norse), vikings

📚Page Count: 400

🎧Audiobook Length: 15h 16min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3/5 
----

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen is the first book in the Saga of the Unfated series. This story is about Freya who is a Goddess Blessed fisher man's wife in an unwanted marriage. After her fisher man husband breaks faith with Freya and betrays her to the local Jarl, the local Jarl orders her to fight his son, Bjorn, to the death. Secretly, Freya has the blood of a Goddess on her side, that helps her survive the fight. Soon after she gets the news that she is the shield maiden that is supposed to make this particular Jarl, the King. That was foreseen in a prophecy. The Jarl then forces Freya to bind herself to him and thus begins the saga of Freya learning how to fight and tame her magic. Will she be able to ignore the lingering lust she feels for the Jarl's son? 

This book had interesting parts, but it did not do a good job of keeping my attention throughout the book. I had such high hopes for this book. Mostly because it's so highly rated amongst my peers but also because the beginning of the story was really good so I expected the action and the overall story to keep up a good pace. The first 25% was interesting, the next 50% really dragged on and was boring, and the last 25% had everything thrown in there, in an exciting way (spicy scenes, action, fighting, surprises, secrets, and a cliff hanger.) 

There was one spicy scene

in the middle of the book

and there are two more spicy scenes

at the end of the book.

Yes there are many ways to be intimate with someone but I really hated that we had to wait until

the end of the book for the two love interests to have intercourse.

I'm giving the spicy scenes two chilis 🌶️ out of five chilies.

Overall, I had high expectations going into this book but it was just okay. The beginning and the ending were very exciting, but the middle of the book was really boring. I'm giving this 3 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on the library app [Libbyapp.com]

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

irishpierogies's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

• 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Gore, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

gkaltam's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Sexual content

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

amy14's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mysticalbluebirdreads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

I loved this book and loved Freya as a character.

I went into this only knowing that it was adventure, magical, and semi romantic. As someone who reads a lot of smut books, I feel like the sex was not needed for the plot. It felt more like a ploy to get that side of book social media.

Overall, still a great book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

So technically a romance between a girl and her step son.

gabyscozylibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

A Fate Inked In Blood  🩸⚔️

my review 💭💫

This was my first time reading a Viking fantasy and OMG I loved it from start to finish!! 🩵

I was oblivious to the entire Norse lore previous to reading this book, but thank you so much Danielle L. Jensen for introducing me to this fantastic world of gods, and mythology, and warriors! 🗺️✨🗡️

From page one I had this instant like for the main character, Freya. She is strong, determined, a lot stubborn, and will go to any lengths to protect those she loves. Then we have Bjorn. He’s powerful, good looking, charming, and a protector. I was obsessed with their dynamic from their first interaction. Bjorn and Freya are my new favorite couple! 😍 

I loved how they literally go from flirting and having the cutest banter with each other to being forced to fight to the death soon after that. 🫢

I meaaaan… I was so invested the entire time with everything that was going on! 

The pace of this book was perfect. It had the right balance between action, adventure, and romance. It was everything I wanted and needed from a romantasy book. I’m new to the genre, and I believe if you’re also new to it, then you’ll absolutely enjoy reading A Fate Inked In Blood. 🩸 

The ending had my jaw on the floor. I need book two asap because what in the world was that major cliffhanger?! 😭

I have so many questions!! 

you’ll love this book if you enjoy: 

vikings/ norse mythology ⚔️

strong female characters 💪🏻

forced proximity 👫

forbidden romance 🚫

instant attraction but make it slow burn 🔥

all the banter 🤭

spice 🌶️

my rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Excrement, and Grief

goldenjoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

jasper_is_atypical's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.25

I'm just tired of people calling an FMC strong or badass and then the MMC does all the fighting and planning and hard work and hero stuff. She literally sits around at points while he does all of the work, although she does try at points, overall she get's used and abused and just sits and takes it and then lashes out at the only people who actually care about her. She's not badass (when she is she's killing innocent civilians mostly) and every decision she makes for herself is a bad one. It was super disappointing thinking she would be this badass in control of her fate while she just let's herself get tossed around like a toy the entire book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment