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helpme71's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Child death
lusouto's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Minor: Child death
princesssdiaries's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
i took a huge brake while reading this book and it wasn’t the most thrilling fantasy i’ve read mainly focusing on politics trauma and kazi and jases love but then the ending confused me like wtf is going on with the bird? and who promised jalaine something? are they in trouble? wtf bruh idk
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping
nicole_m's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I loved this book. The adventure and romance was great. It was a bit repetitive but overall good with a 4.75/5 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit
If the trigger warnings above trigger you then I don’t recommend. If not give it a try if you like and enjoy!luckykosmos's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Waffling between 4.5 and 4.75 but rounding down in the hopes that book 2 truly shines. I LOVED this book, especially the opening 200 pages - setting the stage for their dynamics with one another before rocketing them back to the 'real world', which here means deceitful politics and family histories, sets up an intricate board of characters. The prose was wonderful, I adored all of the characters, and the plot felt like it had hundreds of moving pieces, each subtly planted until the right moment. And-- what on earth does that ending mean? As someone who hasn't read another Pearson book, consider me deeply intrigued. My biggest qualm was a lack of textual diversity - in my mind, certain characters are certain ethnicities, but nothing is ever more than hinted at. There are no visible LGBTQ+ characters, and the only fat or disabled characters are shown to be greedy or unfit leader. In text, these examples are minor and date the book (oh, how strange it is for a book from 2016 to be dated!) but it would overjoy me to see this hole patched up in the sequel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Trafficking
sloanadrouny's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I'm not usually a big fantasy person, and while I know that this book is definitely on the lighter side of fantasy, I am still really impressed that it kept me so engaged! I came for the enemies to lovers, but there were so many others things about this book that kept me reading! My only drawback was that at times the writing felt a little bit messy and there were certain points that were hard to follow, but this book was definitely overall an enjoyable one!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death
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