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I really enjoyed the magic system in this book, it is something completely different than any other book I have read. I appreciated that there were consequences to using magic, and it wasn't just a free for all. I wanted more world building. We know a few things about Blunder, but not much.
As always, I wish this had been dual POV. I really wanted to get into Ravyns head so that I could better understand him. He is not what you expect him to be. As the Captain, you expect him to be brutal and harsh, but he is quite the opposite. Elspeth a strong and intelligent woman who has had to fight to keep her secret and stay alive for the last 11 years. Yet, she is also kind of a boring character, her banter with Nightmare is the more interesting part of her.
I really want more background on Nightmare, I find him very intriguing and the most interesting character in the book. I hope that we get more of his story in the second book. Is it weird that I wanted Elspeth to fall in love with him...?
Tropes: fantasy, magic, slow burn, Found family, forced proximity
Graphic: Death, Misogyny
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism