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ka_ke's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Cursing
vladtheimpaler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Rape
courtneyelise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
michellemaas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Second read: 4.5 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
No thoughts, just a few incoherent sentences.
Poppy being a morally gray badass gives me life.
Casteel losing her and freaking on the battlefield tugged at my stone cold heart.
Poppy, Casteel, Kieran is the trio to end all trios and if there is not a threesome soon I will burst.
The plot finally came together (and it has been a LONG time coming).
I liked that neither the Atlantians nor the Ascended were innocent. Oftentimes authors pick a side when really no one is innocent during a war. There are quite a few things that Jennifer L. Armentrout does that sets her apart from others (that I already discussed in previous reviews so I won't repeat it) but just know that she's really good at her job.
Book 4: The War of Two Queens cannot come soon enough!
Graphic: Body horror and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
jessannderson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and War
studytea's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
ninaakh's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, and Death
Minor: Grief
sierraechobravo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
somberliving's review against another edition
The constant, unnecessary sex scenes. So many. At least one a chapter. And they were always the same thing? I love a good steamy scene, but you get to a point where you skip it because you know it’ll just be a mirror of the scene from last chapter.
The insufferable obsession of the main character by the love interest. It’s cheesy to the point that I hate them instead of ship/love them.
The cheesy/cliche trope of everyone being impressed by the main character. I get it, P is surprisingly powerful, but her words, choices, actions, and looks are always praised as being perfect. It’s unrealistic and makes every character interaction predictable.
The fact that nothing happens. Is Armentrout even following a plot or is she just trying to increase the amount of books published, thereby increasing the amount of money she makes out of this series? 41% done and I swear nothing has happened except the thing that was so painfully obvious if you were paying any bit of attention in the last book. Also, this all should have happened in the last book- I don’t even count this as part of the plot of this one.
Overall - unimpressed. Cliche. Only gets the hype because of the sex scenes (I wouldn’t even call them steamy because they happen so often the magic is lost). Would not recommend unless you’ve never read a book before.
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, and Violence
Minor: Grief
_malia_pt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, and Violence