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essjayeffsea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Bravo to Kacen Callender! I cannot wait to read more from them!
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Bullying
sheyri'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
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence, Classism, and Child abuse
Minor: Sexual content
bibliosaurier's review against another edition
4.75
+ two trans characters and a polycule?? i need more of that in my fantasy books
i also agree with a lot of people i've seen saying this is more NA than YA (it's still apprioriate for YA readers, but i also think it could have been even better if it wasn't)
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Sexual content, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury
grownmoss'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Classism, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content
Minor: Bullying and Animal death
sp00ky_girl28'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
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Cursing
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, and Animal cruelty
quinniantheduck'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
4.75
Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Sexual content
vagaybond's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Violence, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery
Minor: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual assault
takarakei's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Fantastic queer cast of main characters: one is transmasc, one is genderfluid, one is pansexual(?). This is a world where those identities are not an issue. The use of alchemy (magic) is 'othered'. The magic was cool in concept and explored a bit more at the beginning when Ramsy was teaching Ash, but then once we got into the action there wasn't a lot of descriptive magic. I felt a lot of the action parts were barely described and were instead glossed over. Was a bit confused what time period this is set and it's not super clear based on context clues. The dialogue reads more YA, but some of the content was definitely more New Adult. There was a lot of potential here, but it ended up being very character focused and the plot was a bit slow moving. I got rather bored by about 50%. The character dynamic between the main 3 were well done especially regarding their poly relationship. I don't know if this is going to be a series or not because it felt semi-conclusive. All the action really happens in the last 10-15% and that felt a bit rushed with how slow the rest of the book moved.
Thank you to Netgalley and Tor Teen for an advanced copy.
Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, and Death
Moderate: Violence and Cursing
Minor: Torture, Bullying, and Animal death
seekittyread's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Classism, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Torture
Minor: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Child abuse
andromedaexists'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
Once again calling back to any book that makes me physically feel something get an automatic five star, but this book did more than that. This book wrapped my heart in tendrils of alchemical magic and refuses to let go.
Ramsay is a prodigy, the genderfluid child of known and executed terrorists hell-bent on atoning for their sins. She uses he/she pronouns, though leans more towards she/her throughout the book. She is also such an uptight prick... until she's not. I genuinely love how prickly and rude she is and how much that shows to me as an autistic mask. I just love her so much.
Callum is a black man and the youngest son of the Kendrick house, more or less the police state in book. He is kind and caring despite the heavy hand of his father and all he wants to do is heal. He wants to heal and help others, like the good man he is.
- The world became a white blur. The snow turned red. It fell to the ground, drops spreading like blots of ink. The blood dripped from Amelia's cheeks. Her smile faded as the screams began.
- That's what privileged assholes like you always say.
- [redacted] paused, but only for a moment. He opened the [redacted]. There was an explosion of light.
- It was too late. [redacted] was already there.
- It wasn't death he'd feared, he realized, but the change—the transformation that forced him to release.
- This light held the vibration of energy that the physical body would translate as love.
- They all created the same infinite light. They were eternal.
- It was an interesting place to be caught, stuck between grief and gladness that they were gone.
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Blood, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, Dysphoria, Cursing, Classism, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual content
ABUSE (FAMILIAL, ON PAGE), DEATH (MURDER), GUILT, GRIEF, MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS (FADE TO BLACK), VIOLENCE