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katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
The book drags a bit here and there but it delivers on drama, banter and spice.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Kidnapping
jenna_justi2004's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and War
beckyyreadss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
deedubb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
randi_jo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
I think I had 3 major issues with this book:
1) Fayre is a massive hypocritical asshole. Is she traumatized? Yes, and that's okay. People are allowed to hurt and to be angry. But all of Fayre's anger is misplaced and misguided and is never, ever addressed properly except for a half sentence in chapter FIFTY TWO when she thinks 'wow, leaving Rhys in the freezing mud while wounded (whilst protecting ME no less) and refusing to listen to him and going off on a hissy fit and running away to a cabin a literal day after I told him I'd never walk away from him, was a little bit of a dick move'. Also just the fact that she never really tells Rhys any of this, just solves it in her own head and the fact that Rhys just info dumps book 1 backstory is enough to mend ~everything~ and ~prove his love~ is underwhelming. Like at least give this girl consequences to her actions, PLEASE. Instead, we're beaten over the head with "I'm hurt and broken," in lieu of any kind of proper apology or growth.
2) The inclusion of Fayre's sisters. It was unnecessary. Like at this point they're only here because SJM is into recycling characters for all they're worth? Because there could literally be no other human liaison, assuming there even needed to be one? And then to have them
3) The setting. Why does it feel so different than book one? It's more modern than book one presented it to be. It has flushing toilets? Electricity? Team sports?? Modern mountain cabins with running water? Surprisingly this took me out of the story way more than the weak plot (which was more like an RPG side quest plus a couple fetch quests). The fact that most of these things are in filler text and offhand descriptions makes it feel like SJM was trying to hit a word count and not really thinking critically about what kind of setting she wanted to perpetuate.
Oh and I guess 4) why did SJM have to do Tamlin dirty like that? I didn't particularly like him in book one, but she turned him into a raging, borderline incel, and for what? To give an excuse for Fayre to 'break up' with him? To highlight Rhys' white-knighting and make that seem attractive? They're in a constant juxtaposition of good/evil, kind/mean, open/closed; and even when Rhys is like STOP COMPARING ME TO HIM, Fayre is just like lol no I'm not and then CONTINUES TO DO SO LIKE, Tamlin is GROSS but Rhys is BEAUTIFUL. Please stop. Why does one have to be utterly evil in order for the other to be good? Why isn't Rhys allowed to be kinda evil? Why can't Tamlin STILL BE GOOD BUT JUST NOT RIGHT FOR FAYRE? Maybe Fayre just isn't good enough for HIM?
I did like Rhys' inner circle since they seem to have interesting dynamics, though Amren is probably the most interesting and I wish there was more about her
The most impactful part of this book was learning that there are organized team sports in the fae lands, despite 50 continuous years of genocide and war. I wonder how long a fae's contract is to play on a team... 🤔
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Physical abuse
sluji's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
merenguita'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? Yes
4.5
Now to spoilers:
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Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder
isamt_20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
essie__reads'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
4.75
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail
helloimjacq'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Racism/Classicism based on different types of Fae, and humans