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Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Death of parent
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
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: 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
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