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sarahthescrivnr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
lymadebell's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
sweetlittleredw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Blood
chainsiren's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
albyatross's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The writing is fine, the plot is fine, Evelyn and Bowen are good ... separately, not as a couple. Dia is cool, Lizzie was fun. Miles and nearly everyone else was very cardboard prop for plot purposes.
Lots of later plot points happen I think just because they need to happen, certain things seem overly convenient.
The world building had so much potential! And somehow fell so flat! Like the islands move! Your boat is full of people and species from across the multiverse! Where is ANY discussion on culture!? That could have been SO FUN?
Also, I think this book is slightly mismarked bc Bowen isn't a pirate ... he's more like something in the realm of a privateer, since he reports to a council / government, and does not seem to generally engage with the act of theft or plunder (unless we get into, uh, theft of people falling into Threshold maybe, but that seems like a topic beyond what this series could reasonably handle in a thoughtful way). So like if someone actually wanted pirates, plz pick a different book, there are NOT pirates here!!
+ on the spice;
I will probably not read the sequel unless I find it in a LFL for free or something.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Blood and Violence
Minor: Trafficking and Murder
jlaz_13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, and Trafficking
Minor: Abandonment
just_one_more_paige's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content
phlipsie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Moderate: Violence and Abandonment
katiegideon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Sexual content
nicobooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Katee Robert is great at setting up an interesting world. With Neon Gods, I loved the world but wanted more. Here I got more, but I wanted more quality, not more quantity.
The was some gender diversity inclusion with multiple non-binary characters. And Evelyn is at least bi-sexual.
It was an interesting story with top-notch spicy scenes, but it still fell a little short for me. I still plan on reading the sequel to find out where the story goes.
Graphic: Sexual content