Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

4 reviews

sandse2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Good setup for a series but needed more character development. Particularly between characters. The love interests were weakly incorporated and the main character was brash and obnoxious. I wish she would have been developed more in terms of her intelligence. But the storyline is good and I will be reading the second book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Classism, Child death, and Death

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Child death, Death of parent, War, Grief, and Genocide

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

4 stars

The world is interesting, and I find it to be very intriguing. I like the way the land is, and I think there's a lot more than meets the eye with this series. That being said, it wasn't a 5 star purely because of the STRESS I was stressing while reading. Personal preference, I just like less of the angst there, but I will continue reading. 

Also Henri is so insufferable, and I can't stand him. Diem is an amazing character, yet she's so easily persuaded, which I hope to see her grow out of. Rooting for her and Luther.. but also Teller and Lily. Something tells me though that there's going to be a long, slow burn for our main heroine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and War

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Child death, Grief, Blood, Colonisation, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Death of parent, Drug use, War, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Abortion, Incest, and Pregnancy