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The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards

12 reviews

natroze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Torture, Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Cannibalism

captperfecthair's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

abelh's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Rape, Self harm, Cursing, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism

purplesapphire's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

I had to put the book down a couple of times to take a breath, but in the best way. I'm obsessed with the way Edwards writes relationships (of all kinds) and the set up for more to come is *chef's kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent and Pandemic/Epidemic

montyalmoro's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

codyemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

loveyoulike's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

a lot of plot revelations, a lot of plot inconsistencies, but through it all the book manages to be genuine and emotional which sometimes is all you need

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Rape

rachratesreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

The Hourglass Throne 5/5 

 

This book was a culmination of information finally coming into fruition, whilst still leaving plenty of unanswered questions for the upcoming books to explore. Because this is book 3, it’s very hard to review without spoiling parts of the previous books, so I’m going to keep it vague. 

 

I am always enamored with KD Edwards ability to write sincere and meaningful interactions between all of the characters. Everyone is distinct, and the relationships they build feel real. KD also manages to take grim dark themes and balance them out perfectly with humor and soft scenes. I have never read a book that executes this as well as The Tarot Sequence. If the scales were tipped even a little, I honestly don’t think I’d be able to read the story, because there are parts that are brutal and painful. But KD has managed to make a book (who’s CWs alone would typically be a Big Nope from me) become what will probably be my favorite series of the year. 
 
 As a reader, KD has officially become one of my insta-buy authors. As a writer, I can not begin to express how much I look up to him and his writing. The words “masterful in his craft” come to mind. 
 
 I’m definitely rereading (and annotating) the other two books. I’ll keep y’all posted on that journey. Under the spoiler text, I will detail the content warnings for this book. If you do not want to know the specifics, please don't click on it. CW includes sexual assault, PTSD, death, misgendering.

pg. 53: a character misgenders another character. This is not meant maliciously, and is corrected immediately. pg. 235: Rune recalls his assault, specifically using the word r*pe. pg. 260: Rune tells Addam about some of the specifics of his assault. These are all details we, as the reader, learned in book 1. Beginning at pg. 235 until ~ pg. 390, Rune and Addam are caught in a time loop and sent back to the day the Sun Court was attacked. While they don't actually see what happened to Past!Rune, they know it is happening in the neighboring building. It's still very unsettling and Rune has some PTSD reactions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Medical content, Car accident, Confinement, Drug use, Self harm, Slavery, and Excrement

purrson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love these characters so much that I miss them when a book ends. The representation and inclusiveness means a lot to me. Im

so excited to see more of Rune/Adam’s relationship and hopefully Rune/Adam/Brand’s relationship/s because im absolutely shipping over here! Excited to learn more of the talla bond too, and it’s place in this.

. Give me The Eidolon and Book 4 now, please!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture