Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

74 reviews

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

I enjoyed the series, and I liked the development of the main characters. I think it was a cool premise.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

maidmarianlib's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Solid conclusion to the series, strong characters and interesting setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Violence, and Murder

howboutjane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

What's it called when a book leaves you utterly shattered & completely broken but also bursting with feel good fuzzy vibes? That's how Ruthless Vows feels. An AMAZING ending to this duology. I absolutely love love love. Read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Sexual content

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a worthy sequel to the first book. I love this universe's magic system and I love how this book expanded on it.

I'm not the biggest fan of memory loss as plot device and yet I love how it was used here.

I love that the author write's death and with the weight death has and

when a character has to kill, it affects them accordingly.

I love how the author didn't overlook the effects of war, although this book is technically YA,

the main group doesn't end unscathed, the problem doesn't disappear as soon as the leader is defeated, paramilitary groups are shown to be as dangerous as they can be and the scene discussing how killing people from another army without trial after the war is over is a war crime was essential.

. I love this book so much. A few, very few, moments missed a bit of the magic of the first book but I still feel like this was really good. I can't picture a better ending for this series. I'm glad to say this has been fantastic from beginning to end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

emilymazzara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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? No

5.0

I cried and it was LOVELY! I loved the magic and the relationships explored with family (found and blood), morality, religion and a higher power, and the ethics of war. For a duology that is marketed as a romance, these book—this one especially—holds so, so much more. 

For a book with this many dense topics and themes, it is an incredibly easy and fast paced read. Every character is precious and I would protect WITH MY LIFE! (Attie and Tibias have my whole heart!) And the way in which the main couple fell so believable in their love and devotion is miraculous, somehow never coming across as over-the-top or cheesy. 

This has entered my top reads of the year so far for sure! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, War, Vomit, Murder, and Gun violence

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, War, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual content

taka_kateryna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, and Death

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

elaineh7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book put Roman through it. The plot was super good, and I was rotting for our characters so hard. I loved seeing Attie even more in this one. We learned more about the gods which was really interesting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

kaelizaco's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, Medical content, Violence, War, and Genocide

auga's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, War, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail