Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Glow by Raven Kennedy

4 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this book. It was nice to see Slade and Auren grow closer and see their relationship evolve. The ending of this book had me gasping, crying, clutching my pearls. It was nice to see more of Slade’s past and more of the world. Auren has been through so much and although she occasionally slips on her journey she is so resilient. The relationship between Slade and Ryatt is also complex and interesting. There are lots of great written characters

and a lot to happen in the impending war.

I’m really interested to see where the series goes from here but I’m invested 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Misogyny

shaylaeliz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Violence

bryelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

The fourth book in this series. Auren is recovering from her battle. They are recuperating before they can go back to the 4th kingdom. But Auren needs to overcome some internal wounds as well. When they get to 4th kingdom, Manu is trying to get them to agree to release Auren to the trail for Midas’s death.

Slade does let Auren go. Manu kidnaps Auren and almost kills her. Slade. Just barely saves Auren, but does so by sending her back to the fae world. He can not get in from the new rip in thebworld he made. And when he returns to his original rip it is no longer there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Kidnapping, Torture, and Toxic friendship

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

*contains spoilers for previous books in the series*
I'm still processing everything that just happened but HOLY SHIT. This was absolutely amazing, from the character growth to the spice to the reality of newness when it comes to Auren and Slade's budding relationship. This book had everything I could've wanted and more and now the worst part is waiting for the next book, Gold, to come out (hopefully next year!). An extra special shout out to Raven Kennedy for writing this series because I honestly don't know who I would be without these books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, Cursing, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, Sexism, and Misogyny