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A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

15 reviews

elskede's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Murder, and War

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'll need time to contemplate this book. I'll write my review later, but some of my thoughts are already written at the book club readalong that is active throughout the month of June. Link to the readalong: https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/3d87f945-3a77-4f81-a2a9-681fd2bae7ae

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, War, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Death of parent, Drug use, and Kidnapping

sheebsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gaslighting, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

kaneebli's review

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, War, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

melanielbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, War, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Gore, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Story fell flat for me unfortunately. I saw so many great 4-5 star reviews about this book which hyped me up to start my first Danielle L. Jensen book, especially since her bridge kingdom series has been on my radar/tbr for a while. The Norse mythology retelling is what intrigued me the most because it’d be my first book with this type of background within a fantasy setting.  Yet once I got into it, the story and the characters were just meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, War, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Abandonment, Blood, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

tspice24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

ablespia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Death of parent, War, Gaslighting, and Gore

mysticalbluebirdreads's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book and loved Freya as a character.

I went into this only knowing that it was adventure, magical, and semi romantic. As someone who reads a lot of smut books, I feel like the sex was not needed for the plot. It felt more like a ploy to get that side of book social media.

Overall, still a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

So technically a romance between a girl and her step son.