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Claimed by J.R. Ward

4 reviews

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

BDB goes UF! Not your typical entry from the Warden.

So, I don’t know if I missed the memo, but this was totally not what I expected in a BDB-adjacent novel. I was reading expecting your typical PNR-style story, but this is much more of an Urban Fantasy novel from J.R Ward, and I’m not complaining! I mean, I was initially - because it took until 68% before we got some hanky panky action - but that’s because I was expecting PNR!

Anyways, now that I’ve gotten over that, I think I actually enjoyed the read. The story has good bones, though it was a bit rushed at the end. This is not a “one and done” couple - the book is set up for Lydia & Daniel’s storyline to continue into the next book and I’m interested to see where it takes us, especially with the links to Xhex & the sympath colony. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Cursing, Sexual content, Gun violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cancer, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

unsarahble's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

brennaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Abandonment

amy_harboredinpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

It almost broke my ❤ not to give this a 5. However, it was good in that way that only Ward can write it... This felt like a building up to something big bad kinda story (Hopefully where a badguy gets dusted Forever!), and in the end we're left with a whole lot of questions to be answered. First let's chat about Lydia & Daniel... I almost want to call it slow burning... these two are so hot for each other but the hands off thing, was... I was like, "Dang it! Just do the thing!" I liked the side characters such as Candy, Eastwind, and even C.P. ...maybe... I love that a BDB character is going to be closely connected at some point! Xhex! Yes! She's so bada$$!!
Looking forward to Book#2 Summer 2022!🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Infertility