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karapillar's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War
Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
booksalacarte's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Colonisation, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Body horror, Gaslighting, Blood, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Gun violence
tanvi45's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use and Torture
Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement
jen1804's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
So I’ve given this book a 3.75. It’s a good book, especially the last 30%, I LOVED the last 30%. It drops marks because I think it’s quite slow paced and thus I found the book a bit unnecessarily long? I prefer faster paced stories with more happening a lot more quickly (but not too quickly haha, need to get that balance right). Also this world building set up is COMPLICATED, and I needed assistance from my friend and the details of a Crescent City guide she’d found to help me get my head around it. But once you, it is easy enough to understand.
This book is well written and I absolutely adore the urban modern fantasy sci fi type world building, which is something new from SJM.
Ultimately this book explores friendship and grief and classism and is at times incredibly emotional, the kind of emotional with big fat tears. The book deals with important themes and is occasionally pretty grim with me audibly gasping or saying ‘urgh’.
I enjoyed the characters, I loved the quick witted Bryce, I loved her complex relationship with Ruhn. I loved Dec and Flynn. I loved the slow burn enemies to lovers with Bryce and Hunt and adored their bickering, but if I’m honest I’m not knee deep yet with this ‘ship romantically.
The massacre of Danika and the pack of devils had me in denial for a while and my heart was not okay.
I’m really looking forward to seeing where we go with this series and excited for the second book. I’m hoping we get to see Bryce, Hunt, Ruhn and friends, take down the bullshit hierarchy of the Asteri and Archangels. I love an all powerful teamwork moment. I’m also hoping we get more development of Bryce and Hunt because I need a bit more before I’m fully behind it.
Satisfactory ending? For sure.
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Blood, Classism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, and War
Minor: Addiction and Vomit
nirellis's review against another edition
- 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
The last few chapters had me BAWLING
Amazing book the slow-burn was so worth it and the time we’re given to be with the characters just made it hit that much harder <3
LIGHT IT UP!!
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Slavery, War, Grief, and Gore
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment
siennakt30's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Violence, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Trafficking, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Blood
mrose44's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, and Slavery
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, War, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
forgetbeenot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Torture, Cursing, Body shaming, War, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Classism, Violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
begentile's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Gore, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit
jonezzzing's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Cursing, and War
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Confinement
Minor: Fire/Fire injury