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Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Pregnancy
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
This book makes me excited for the main series and the rest of its story, but also I’m DEVASTATED to not be able to read more of Sera and Ash’s love 😔
Seeing them take down Kolis and discover more of the true order of the prophecy and what that means is so satisfying.
My only complaint is, the plot is SOOOOOO interesting and fascinating, and there is just WAYYYYYY too much fucking. I get it in some ways. Like in book 3 she was away from ash for the majority of the book, so they’ve got some things to catch up on 😉. And it’s also a part of her process of healing and surviving that trauma that kolis caused. But oh my goddnessssssssssssss it just was a lot and I usually just kinda skipped over it.
Like I’d say a good 50% of this book (probably more) was just them going to town. No shame if that’s your thing, I was just really excited about the plot and it kinda got lost, a lot in this book. That is why I can’t give it 5 stars. Like I was kinda hoping we’d even see the birth of their sons, or maybe how she ended up going to ground, but we got none of that. I did like the fates (ancients) chapter/perspective at the end. It does make me look forward to the rest of the books in the main series.
Otherwise, great read. I’ll probably re-read the series before the last couple books come out for the main series… boy I am not ready for that day 🥹
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Sera is one badass MF 👊🏼🗡
And I cannot wait until the next book.
Graphic: War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
What most of the story was: Sera dealing with the trauma of being captured by Kolis and adjusting to her new role.
Now I didn't have an issue with this for the most part I thought the trauma was handled incredibly well and gave so much love to survivors. It just wasn't what I was expecting. Which I think skews my reading experience.
The lore dumps were few and far between and didn't really start happening until 65% through the book (a book that is almost 800 pages). For that reason I think there was a pacing issue. That made it hard for me to stay engaged. Especially since I knew where so much had to go because of the ending of the original series. Unfortunately this led to feeling disappointed in where and how the story ended. I didn't feel like we the readers, got the pay off of what the prequels were building too. The tension just fell flat.
And speaking of falling flat my biggest complaint and area I have the most problems with is the assination of Ash's character. Ash has always been one of my favorites. He was complex and beautifully written. By the end of this book he felt truly like a Cass copy and paste. Horny and 2 dimensional. There is a time and place for spice and this book missed everytime. It honestly felt like the editors told her to hit a quota of sex scenes.
Overall though I thought the story was good, the writing was gorgeous--especially with how she dealt with victim-survivior trauma-- and I'm so excited to read Poppy's next installment!
Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Pregnancy
Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Abortion, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault