Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden

17 reviews

gracemegredy's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

This is a very run of the mill romantasy to me. The “enemies to lovers” as it is marketed is really immediate attraction to mistrust trope-in my opinion-but the tension between the main characters is still believable and exciting. Overall, there was almost nothing in the book that surprised me or that I didn’t see coming, but I liked it and will probably continue the series nonetheless. If you’re a sucker for a basic romantasy like me, this is that. 

It's a classic case of gorgeous virginal girl who thinks she’s worthless (but, spoiler! she’s actually the most powerful being alive- who would have guessed?) meets dark and brooding stranger (who, spoiler! is actually the not-so-evil fae king of the not-so-evil kingdom she’s been raised to fear and hate). He is instantly obsessed with her and she pretends she’s not drooling over him for a few hundred pages and then riiiiight when they get together she finds out he was hiding one last secret :( I’m personally not a fan of the virgin girl x 200 year old womanizer trope, but in romantasy it’s hard to avoid.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, and Gore

Minor: Physical abuse

danilouisev's review

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Story was interesting and kept me wanting to read, took a star off because the writing itself wasn’t my style & it felt too fast-paced. I think more moments building the relationships between the characters and setting up events later in the book would have been helpful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death

chi__'s review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

rileydobereading's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

Moderate: War, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Grief, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, and Cursing

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i loved this book. the world building sucked me in but wasn’t too complex as to leave me confused for the first half of the book. really interesting layers of unanswered questions throughout. i loved the mcs and their banter and all the twists (many i saw coning but still loved them). the tension was brilliant

(albeit slightly annoying as there was no release in the book) but it should make the eventual completion of a spice scene very rewarding.

i loved the beauty of the world, as well as the integrated mythology. thoroughly enjoyed, but not sure what i’m supposed to do with myself now whilst i wait for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Kidnapping, Medical content, Animal death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Racism, Death of parent, Police brutality, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape, Torture, Vomit, and Alcohol

bia21nka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

dani_reis's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.0

Predictable book. If the author grows with each release there's potential for some big successes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Child abuse, and War

lealovesbooks's review

adventurous emotional tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Classism, and Death of parent

elntastic's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Even though the world-building and story wasn‘t something entirely new or grand, I still really liked all the ideas and characters. But most of all, I liked the dynamic between Kane and Arwen. It was a live-story that I thoroughly enjoyed even though their start was a little rough and (Attention Spoiler!! ) I didn’t get why he threatened to torture her and she just seemed to completely dismiss that he said that for the rest of the story. I thought that was too abusive. Also that he had to beg for getting a normal room instead of having to live in the friggin dungeons?! I would‘ve liked it more if he had offered it to her himself. It just made him seem cruel and then her liking him just seemed so stupid just because he was hot? 
Well, anyways, the rest of the book was very good! Couldn’t put it down and I can’t wait for the second part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Violence, and War

daisycantread24's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual harassment, War, and Child abuse