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k_fry's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore
Moderate: Miscarriage
doahdancer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I love romance books and read this on a recommendation for a fairy tale style fantasy with romance, but I would say the lack of focus on the romance left it underdeveloped and made the age gap feel shallow and about relieving stress through a one night stand rather than them forming a connection that transcended their ages.
I also didn't love the ending, it felt a little cliche and the story was very Grimm tales up until that point, I wish the ending was darker and more twisted.
Overall, the fairy tale aspect of this book was well done and I love the Scholomance series by this author, so definitely try it anyway if you like romantic relationships being downplayed. It's a well written book.
Moderate: Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Violence
laynerinke's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, War, Blood, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
strixy16's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
The magic system was a little wishy-washy to me and I felt like I was just along for the ride as things progressed. There wasn’t a ton of motivations for moving from place to place and I really never figured out what was going to happen next, but not in a good way.
The second half also felt like it dragged to me. The ending redeemed it a bit though.
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault
dcdc'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Murder
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Rape
asahome's review
4.25
I like how they handled the
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, Blood, Animal death, and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Confinement, Gore, and Sexual content
Minor: Medical trauma, Rape, Genocide, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy
Possession: the Woods possesses people, the book calls it corrupting themsilversparkles50's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, and Violence
freyagame's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Overall nice world building and scenery but never really decides if it wants to be high fantasy and I think it really suffers as a result. It is clear that Novik is a very talented writer, the prose is really great but is let down by plot structure IMO. Not helped by the MC being incredibly annoying in the first half of the book with some weird development leading into conclusion.
Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, War, Confinement, Murder, and Sexual assault
margaret_k30'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
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual content and Kidnapping
theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, War, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Confinement, Child death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Medical content
Minor: Alcohol, Rape, and Murder