Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Magia cierni by Margaret Rogerson

81 reviews

maira_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

4 stars! 

For me, this book is much, much better than an Enchantment of Ravens by the same author. 

Part of the reason why is probably because of how this book actually has a plot and not just vibes. The pacing is also really well done. The reason why I slowed down towards the end of the book is probably because of how a bit predictable everything turned out to be. I was expecting more from Elisabeth since she's the main character and all but apparently, there's a reason why the title of the book is 'Sorcery of Thorns'. Still, I would love to know more about our badass female protagonist.

One thing I absolutely loved about this book is probably the magic system. The way the books are somehow alive gave me major Hogwarts Library/ Ghibli vibes. The way the books behaved actually gave life to the story itself and I found myself endeared to some of them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I have a few minor gripes with the writing but I simply love the story, the world, and the characters too much to give this anything other than 5 stars.

I was excited to read it every night. I didn't want it to end and I'm low-key sad that I finished it. There's a companion novella and yes, I am going out to the nearest bookstore tonight to purchase it.

Shoutout to booktubers for putting this book on my radar. And for comparing it to Howl's Moving Castle - that was the selling point for me. If you enjoyed HMC (book or movie), pick this up because I agree with the comparison.

Now somebody please adapt this into a miniseries for television because I wants ittt 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

rem_reads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I would sell my soul to Silias.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, and Animal death

lizgom's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I usually have a hard time getting into YA romance but this one was cute. 
I really enjoyed Nathaniel’s personality and I think that’s why it was an enjoyable romance. He’s witty, sarcastic, humorous and flirty. Elisabeth is probably one of my favorite heroines. She’s everything I want from a main character. I have a tendency to dislike FMCs and I think this speaks volumes about how Elisabeth was written. She’s a girl who grew up in a Library full of grimoires and builds an immunity to magic. Her courage was something admirable throughout the book, I didn’t get the “god she’s so dumb” vibe I usually get from most female protagonists. (Feyre from ACOTAR I’m looking at you.) I genuinely rooted for Elisabeth. I often get frustrated by how naïve most FMCs are written. Hands down Elisabeth is my favorite character written so far. 
The romance in this book wasn’t the main plot so if you’re looking for a specifically romance book then you might be a little disappointed because this is a very very light romance. The plot had quite a few things going on. However, it wasn’t overwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Child death

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

mirrorcover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

noxygens's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is overwhelmingly okay. Is there anything inherently wrong with it? No, not really. I just didn’t care for it. I was bored almost the whole time, the characters and plot did nothing for me. The world building was non existent in the way of backstory, by the end i still didn’t really know why anything happened the way that it happened. If it wasn’t for book club I probably would’ve DNFed. Now, give a whole book about Silas? THAT I would read and probably love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

very memorable and so many loveable characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

filipateodoro's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.0

The writing style wasn't completely my thing, but the book is FUN. The perfect book to get out of a reading slump. A bit childish for me at times, bit still entertaining and it doesn't have the usual problems that bother me in YA.
It could've been a 3.5, but the fun I had reading it and the *awesome* magic system bumped it up to a solid 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Murder, and Trafficking