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Kingsbane by Claire Legrand

4 reviews

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Well, that certainly went downhill very fast.
I was gagged for the last 50 pages, what the hell did I just read???

Also, Audric is the incarnation of ‘work song’ by Hozier.
“No grave can hold my body down,
I’ll crawl home to her.”
That’s literally Audric.

There were so many plot twists, I could barely keep up. I’m still a little confused with the one right at the end.

Why would Simon work for the Emperor, it doesn’t make sense?? Because why would he help Eliana strengthen her powers and try to prevent everything? Maybe he’s a double agent and this is his plan to help her/the world?? I really don’t know.

This is one of the darkest books I’ve ever read, it’s crazy to see how Corien corrupts Rielle and makes her doubt everything. He always tells her exactly what she needs to hear to gain her trust and it’s working and the f#cked up thing is I UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S WORKING. Her situation is impossible to handle, she’s annoying and selfish sometimes but I do understand how difficult it is. Claire Legrand did a wonderful job of portraying the constant conflict in her mind.

What I found fascinating was that when Eliana went to the past, it actually changed something!! I thought it wouldn’t because everything she did in the past already happened and led to the present she lives in. But now that we know she changed something, that leaves a lot of possibilities for the other books. They could still “win” and change Rielle’s mind and that’s exciting!!

What I find really impressive is when an author manages to convey feelings and boy did she succeed in that. The relationship between Eliana and Simon made me ache, I didn’t know what to do with my despair lmfao. Corien made me want to throw the book, Audric made me ehdbwjskbwwi because he’s just too good for the world. I was shocked, I cried, I laughed.
I’m very very excited for book 3!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy and Cursing

csmall73's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Incest, Self harm, Violence, War, Blood, Death of parent, Vomit, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

junebugreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

I’m not sure how this series was classified as Y/A, it’s definitely more suited for Adult Fantasy readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment