Reviews tagging 'Murder'

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

88 reviews

rosewater_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Gore, and Death

mycutykoala's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, and Slavery

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

unhinged_geminii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, War, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

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

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I think I could have loved this book if there was more plot and less 🌶️🌶️🌶️.
It had to be 40-50% of the book that was just sex. It got to the point I was skipping whole pages. I like a good romance as much as the next person, but I need plot to hold it together. 
I'm honestly disappointed. This book had so much promise. The plot that was there was great. Easy to solve, but very enjoyable. I wish the book had spent more time letting us get to know the characters and the world of Cordova instead of another XXX scene. 
Every time Isolde asks a question it goes unanswered, and since I had already figured out the big secret the end reveal felt a little flat. 
I did enjoy the quips from the side characters like Sorin. Killian was unlikeable from the start. 
To quote a favored character, it was as promising as a pie and disappointing to discover there was no filling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Infertility

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

katharina90's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Pretty weak in the plot department. Predictable. A lot of sex, not a lot of chemistry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual content

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