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Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

6 reviews

_rowantree_'s review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I found this book difficult to get in to but I’m glad I gave it a shot because I enjoyed it once I got into it. I didn’t realise this book was part of an existing fictional world and I think I’d have found the world building less rushed if I’d started with the earlier series first. I appreciated the main character being disabled and both being highly capable but also experiencing difficulties

A warning for those who would benefit from it - this story starts with a sexual assault. There is also a ghost character who spies on people naked, and this behaviour is not treated seriously by the book or other characters
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kassidyreads's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-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

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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

“Crap on a cracker the size of Texas” is an actual thing that’s said out loud in this book. And I still read this in one sitting. 

This is trash, I am trash, I have no regrets. 
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3vannelsonrose's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

The plot,, world building, and even the way vision loss was portrayed were on point. What ruined it for me was that I found the narrator's internal voice incredibly annoying. She is described as an 18-year-old girl, but given how preoccupied she is with her crush you might think she was 15 or 16. Given that this was a plot-driven book, I found the constant mention of this tedious and unneccesary.

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mleckie's review

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adventurous slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

Pretty cliche in almost every way. Super powerful, combat trained, strong woman… who is just oh so clumsy and inexplicably still needs a male body guard, who by the way is super hot, to justify inane reasons to physically touch her all the time. Throw in a not so shocking betrayal, a “if you just talked to each other about your feelings this would be resolved” romantic subplot and a book full of hints to various tragic backstories and you have this mediocre YA modern urban fantasy. 

It wasn’t bad, but I’ve heard it all done (better) before. 

Did not enjoy nearly as much as her other series. 
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booksxjournals's review against another edition

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

3.5

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