Reviews tagging 'War'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

211 reviews

savannahsshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Wowwowow! This book really grabbed me by the throat I absolutely loved it and cannot wait to read the next book! For me this is more like a 4.75⭐️ than a 5 but damn it was close and I cannot wait to read more of this series and this author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Gore and Slavery

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Cursing

mariahlynnpeck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book takes you down so many twist and turns. It had me invested the whole way through. Definitely one of my top reads with a plot twist. I thought I knew how this story was going to go and was definitely shocked at how it did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Ableism, Slavery, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Grief, Self harm, and Child death

username_niika's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and War

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent and War

rasha_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely fantastic! 

After reading ACOTAR (for the second time) I started actively reading through my TBR looking for a tale that would absorb me in the same way. The Plated Prisoner series came close but this one blew me away.

Fair warning: this is not a tale for the feint of heart. It is dark and challenging to read but Carissa Broadbent has done a superb job of bringing this world to life in a way that is still emotionally relevant even when dealing with all the death, loss and violence. After all, this is a vampire fantasy tale stripped back to its bloody roots unlike some modern retellings which have glossed over the gore.

As for spice, the enemies-to-lovers trope is in full force with the romantic spice being present but not overwhelming. In the best tradition of great storytelling, the spice is a part of the story as opposed to being the point as with many authors in the romantasy genre. The relationship between Oray and Raihn is also very well handled and there are some twists along the way leaving you to wonder what happens next.

I loved this book and can’t wait to read the next instalment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

chiitea99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, War, Blood, and Death

jonghyun4life's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved the characters in this book. It was also very well written with call backs from previous chapters. Everything tied in nicely. Ultimate betrayal and it was insanely done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Violence

Moderate: War and Genocide

Minor: Rape, Torture, and Slavery

maddiegrace2002's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Moderate: War