Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

92 reviews

jessihg12's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This has such a good plot. There could have easily been a 5 star book. There is just so much lacking in character development, world building, and too much focus on Isolde's inner turmoil that we miss out on so much. I plan on giving the second book a chance to see if, now that

her dad is dead

, if we can make some progress and do more world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

2busyreading's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

belava's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

doubletherazzle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

The beginning was a bit rough, but once the story fell into a groove I enjoyed the mystery and fantasy of the story telling and will definitely read the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Infidelity, Slavery, Sexism, and Racism

hellxriver's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence

kyliestyles123's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Cursing and Blood

stephwatsford's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I’m not sure how to feel about this book. I ate it up in a few days which is huge because I’ve been in a slump lately, and I enjoyed my time reading it. There was a healthy amount of spice, but any more in a 400 page book would have been way too much for me. 
There were parts of this hook I found exiting and the overall concept was mostly interesting and relatively unique.
My biggest problems with this book however was how predictable it was and how how confusing it was. I found myself guessing the plot twists very early on. There were parts that were so confusing to me as well. Adrian’s powers were never really explained and I still don’t understand what he can do. I understand they mentioned that they don’t know why he has the power to heal but they never explained how his mind reading worked so we have no idea what he knows. I also found that while we do get some insight into his background and why he does what he does, I still feel like I don’t know him. I feel more connected to Ana who had half as much airtime than I do Adrian which is a serious problem for me. I was also confused at the end

because it really made it seem like Isolde had killed Ravena when she stabbed her through the mirror but then on the second last page they mentioned that she was still a problem.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and will happily read the sequel, however I’m a little annoyed that I have to read the sequel just to stop feeling confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Slavery

livetgjennomb_ker's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I’m not entirely sure why everyone is hating on this? It’s not the greatest, but I had a good time. 

Minuses for repetitive writing and boring spice 

🌶️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: War

betrayal by parent, parent attempts to murder child, child kills parent in self-defence

, poisoning, dubious consent