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adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
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:
Yes
〰️Trigger Warnings:〰️
If marked with 🔹, it will be expanded on/given more context below.
❥ Alcohol - (consumption)
❥ Arranged/forced/coerced marriage
❥ Battle scenes
❥ Blood
❥ Child abuse - (recounted)
❥ Classism
❥ Confinement
❥ Death🔹 - (on-page & recounted)
❥ Disappearance of mother
❥ Drugging - (flameroot powder)
❥ Emotional abuse/manipulation
❥ Explosions
❥ Fires
❥ Gaslighting
❥ Grief
❥ Gore
❥ Imprisonment
❥ Infidelity
❥ Medical content
❥ Murder
❥ Physical abuse - (recounted)
❥ Profanity
❥ Scars
❥ Sexism
❥ Sexual content - (on-page)
❥ Suicidal thoughts
❥ Toxic friendship
❥ Toxic relationship
❥ Violence
❥ War
🔹Death: Including child death, death of mother, death of father and death in general.
If marked with 🔹, it will be expanded on/given more context below.
❥ Alcohol - (consumption)
❥ Arranged/forced/coerced marriage
❥ Battle scenes
❥ Blood
❥ Child abuse - (recounted)
❥ Classism
❥ Confinement
❥ Death🔹 - (on-page & recounted)
❥ Disappearance of mother
❥ Drugging - (flameroot powder)
❥ Emotional abuse/manipulation
❥ Explosions
❥ Fires
❥ Gaslighting
❥ Grief
❥ Gore
❥ Imprisonment
❥ Infidelity
❥ Medical content
❥ Murder
❥ Physical abuse - (recounted)
❥ Profanity
❥ Scars
❥ Sexism
❥ Sexual content - (on-page)
❥ Suicidal thoughts
❥ Toxic friendship
❥ Toxic relationship
❥ Violence
❥ War
🔹Death: Including child death, death of mother, death of father and death in general.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I found the main character frustrating. The middle of the book dragged but the ending was fantastic. I will continue the series as I want to see what happens next and the plot is interesting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Classism
Minor: Cursing, Gaslighting
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
FMC got even more annoying. A petulant child who lacks impulse control, self awareness and common sense. No main character should be this slow on the uptake either. Also, everything was so repetitive and predictable.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Minor: Genocide
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I like this series. I do. But the FMC makes me want to scream sometimes. When no leas than three people tell you someone is a dangerous, scheming liar, believe them, girl! When your boyfriend betrays your trust more than one time, throw the whole man away, girl! When people who've been playing the game for 50 years instead of 5 minutes give you advice, listen to them, girl!
The book itself and the series so far is kind of standard for the genre. The magic system just got more interesting with the introduction of info at the end of the book, so I'll withold opining on that. MMC hasn't shown himself to be more than a standard issue Shadow Daddy (complimentary) which is what you sign up for in romantasy so no complaints there.
Writing wise, I think there are some great passages but also some clunky bits. The use of "swear/swears" instead of "curse/curses" bugged me. "I said a swear" should be coming from a 5yo, not our 20yo heroine.
Two books in, my op nion is if you came to this series because of its comparison to the Grishaverse, you'll be disappointed. There's nowhere near the depth of writing nor the diversity of viewpoints. If you're coming from ACOTAR, I think this will hit most of the right notes. If you're just a sucker for romantasy, read on and enjoy the ride.
The book itself and the series so far is kind of standard for the genre. The magic system just got more interesting with the introduction of info at the end of the book, so I'll withold opining on that. MMC hasn't shown himself to be more than a standard issue Shadow Daddy (complimentary) which is what you sign up for in romantasy so no complaints there.
Writing wise, I think there are some great passages but also some clunky bits. The use of "swear/swears" instead of "curse/curses" bugged me. "I said a swear" should be coming from a 5yo, not our 20yo heroine.
Two books in, my op nion is if you came to this series because of its comparison to the Grishaverse, you'll be disappointed. There's nowhere near the depth of writing nor the diversity of viewpoints. If you're coming from ACOTAR, I think this will hit most of the right notes. If you're just a sucker for romantasy, read on and enjoy the ride.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
mysterious
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
I enjoyed this book’s expansion of the world and myth building from the first novel. For the most part, I loved the new characters that we were introduced to, especially Taran and Eleanor. There were some additions I did not like (for example: Ileana was cartoonishly evil and not interesting as a “villain” at all. She was merely annoying). I did find myself at times to be very frustrated with Diem’s poor decision-making, but the other characters made continuing the book worthwhile.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Minor: Incest
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Diem is back and smack-dab in the middle of Descendent politics. In order to survive, she must bite back her tongue—an increasingly impossible task.
I’m a bit infuriated by Diem. She’s a strong fighter, one of the best healers in the realm, and is slowly learning how to be a Descendent, yet she still makes obvious, idiotic mistakes. I get that it’s for the plot, but comeeee oonnn. Outside of Deim, the plot kept a steady pace, had some twists, and I either loved or absolutely loathed the side characters. An added bonus was using Storygraph’s buddy read function, which made my reading journey so much fun commenting on the story as it went on with my bookclub.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, War
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Genocide, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, War, Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Deportation
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
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
Wow. I couldn’t put this one down. Book 1 was fine. Book 2 was excellent. The author’s growth is obvious and the characters were so well developed. I stayed up way too late and read between lunch break and watching my kids after dinner, all to keep turning the page.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Incest