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Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief
Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Gaslighting
Much of the filler in this book was spice. The book is so horny. Don't get me wrong, I love some good spice, but when a book is this long, I don't think we need quite *that* many sex scenes. It felt like filler to make the book longer instead of being meaningful.
The book also tried to touch on so many heavy themes or 'hot button' issues: assault, suicide, general trauma, abortion...there's more I'm sure. At first is was interesting, but then it started to feel a little shoe horned in, a writing challenge to see how many heavy/triggering topics can we fit in here or how can we stretch this book out even longer than it needs to be. It stopped feeling genuine very quickly.
You know Sera ends up pregnant at some point, but I don't love how it was done. Maybe its the place I currently am in life (hi from a childless cat lady), but I did not love the long bits going on about being pregnant and how wonderful & magical it is to be a parent. Had I been reading the physical book and not the audiobook, I would have skimmed/skipped those sections. I was over it very quickly.
The whole plot with the prophecy felt very convoluted to me. What they thought it meant, what other characters thought it meant, what it actually means and how it ties to the Blood & Ash series. I got so lost. I have not currently read the last two B&A books, so maybe that's part of the issue? I know enough to be dangerous, but not helpful? I also got lost in the last chapter that was part of the future
Last notes - I thought this series had way too many characters I did start to mix them up. However, some of them had fun personalities and were very interesting. In this book, too many people blended together and felt flat. The charm that I found it a large cast was lost.
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, War
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Abortion, Death of parent
Minor: Medical content
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship
Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Child death, Confinement
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt