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This book was SO GOOD! The tension throughout the book was really nice. I don’t know how many times I yelled, “that a**hole” in agreement with Sera, Nyktos, Attes, or Nyktas. The spicy scenes were just as good as they were in the first book and I can’t believe this part is over 🥲.
Plot:
Overarching and ties together very nicely. There were a few times when I got confused with the prophecy, but then again- is it truly a prophecy if not confusing?
Characters:
I felt a deep emotional connection with each of these characters at least once. A book hasn’t made me start balling in a while but Sera’s stages of trauma really got to me.
(My fav characters are Saion, Nyktas, Sera, Nytos, Attes - in that order)
Romance:
I think the main thing I loved about this series and this author is that she doesn’t fully romanticize romance. She gives us the struggles and the hardships that come with it, as well as the fun times.
Rocking the Steamboat Scenes:
Holy- mother of everything- if you want spicy scenes you’ve come to the right place!
The author overall does an amazing job with human emotions and intentions, writing the fine line of when they can get blurred.
I can’t wait to read the next series!! 🤩🤩
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Minor: Genocide, Alcohol
This is a FAVOURITE series for sure. I had read from blood and ash first and whilst a standalone series that makes sense, this series built so much more of the world and a larger understanding of what’s going on.
I want a Nyktos! This book was the slowest of the series but when it’s 19 hours you can’t expect it to be all go, all the time. Loved it! It was just a lot of chat and discussing war and what’s to come and strategies. What a good series though! Love. Love. Love.
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Sera and Ash are reunited and Sera has a lot of PTSD from her time with Kolis, but she’s in denial and fails to address it for most of the story, which has serious implications. Sera gets reunions with her Lasania family while also building her chosen family with Nyktos and friends in Illesium. I loved both for her.
Nyktos shows care and starts to allow others to see him happy and as Ash, which made me happy as both he and Sera acknowledge the chosen family they built.
Hollander returns and makes a few brief appearances that surprise and inform.
While a lot happens, this book ends
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
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, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
I enjoyed learning more about the prophecy and the ancients and so on and so now I want to reread the Blood and Ash series to see some of these characters again later on…
And of course certain dragons are adorable. <3
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War