Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Gods & Monsters

Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin

18 reviews

holliesatchell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

3.75

After reading the first two books in this series, I was unsure how to go into this one. The first one was amazing and I rated it 5/5, but the second one was more disappointing and got a lower rating from me. Because of this I started this book quite slowly, afraid that it wouldn't be good, but thankfully, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, I admit that the first half(ish) was kind of all over the place - which truthfully, is the reason I rating this book 3.57/5 - but I believe the last half made up for it. After a rocky start, I devoured the last 300 pages of this book and now I don't know what to do with myself.

Content Warnings

leedolee's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

This series has easily stolen a place in my heart and these characters will truly remain favorites of my mine.

The world, the magic, the action, the drama, the twists, the relationships, and the plot were outstanding! Yes, my least favorite trope was found in this book but I enjoyed the novel regardless.

Lou and Reid will be one of my favorite ships. Always.

Content Warnings

baexlee's review against another edition

Go to review page

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The previous installment to this series had me almost putting it down permanently. Blood & Honey had felt like such a divergence from the characterization of Lou and Reid as we had come to know them, coupled with an absolutely tragic and realistically avoidable character death in the end of the sequel of this trilogy I really thought nothing would bring me back. Ultimately I am glad that I returned for the final installment Gods & Monsters.

While the second installment had many issues that I struggled to overlook, the finale to the series does it's best to correct the mistakes that were made within that second attempt while still maintaining some truth to the story left behind. In all honesty, I had completely blocked out the events of the previous book from my mind because I truly didn't enjoy it, but as I dove back in to the world and was reintroduced to Lou and Reid I was pleased to find that they felt more themselves then they had as they bickered their way through Blood & Honey. The climax of the story arc still fell a bit flat overall, and ultimately there were some aspects of Lou's magic that felt... strangely pointless? It was interesting to see her utilize her magic so... poorly in the grand finale of the series. The ending just didn't pack the fantasy punch I like to see in these kinds of trilogies.

Content Warnings

ehmannky's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

An overall satisfying end to the Serpent & Dove trilogy. I felt a little frustrated with the fact that Mahurin apparently couldn't keep the romantic conflict going without either Lou or Reid being either possessed or

having their mind erased for a hot second

, but other than that I had a good time. I loved the fact that all of the characters really and truly got to deal with the grief of losing Ansel.

Content Warnings