Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

8 reviews

gcjay1994's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

Fun, quick and some sexy moments, but overall not my jam. I was having continuity issues between scenes where it became confusing how we jumped from one point to the other. The audio narrator was fine, but did have some cringe moments. Didn’t really care about the characters, and the plot (which is typically more important to me) was very secondary and didn’t have much substance to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Bullying, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

bookishbabbles's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• 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

Isolde de Lara's world is ravaged by vampires. When the vampire king, Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, asks for her hand in marriage, her father immediately rejects it. However, Isolde knows this is the best decision for her people. As she travels to the vampire's kingdom, she finds herself strangely drawn to him. 

I absolutely LOVED this book. Enemies to lovers perfection. I love the fact that Isolde is not afraid to stand up for herself, shes such a badass. 

I must admit, the writing isn't the best,  but goddam is it fun. I was able to lose myself in this story and read it in one sitting. Also, Adrian is so hot!!! Hes the -hurt her and ill kill you- type of guy. 
I also really enjoyed the side character and their relationships, so cute.
So sexy and fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War, Colonisation, and Gore

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

What can I say? I’m a sucker for sexy vampires and witches, especially when they don’t sparkle. Scarlett St.Clair is a master at catching ones attention and holding it in a firm grip. While simple, the magic and political systems are truly immersive. I do think Killian needs an ass whooping though, courtesy of Issi. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Classism, Genocide, and Mental illness

Minor: Infertility, Slavery, and Torture

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

I honestly think this one is spicier than the others I’ve read by this author. I loved the love story. It was enemies to lovers but in the best way. I loved the protagonist. I enjoy how she learns and grows as the novel progresses to become a more developed, understanding person - which is how I think we should all live. There was a bit of predictability in the plot and there were a few grammatical issues that led me to a four star rating as opposed to a five star rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, War, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

sennaje's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual harassment, Slavery, War, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Murder

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, War, Vomit, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse

kinskinn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Child death

dropshift5568's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

3.25

Does bang

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Body shaming