Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

5 reviews

that_awkwardpart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful story. I'm in love with the world full of different people and living conditions. Such a unique magical system. And the dragons ♥️. 
This was exactly what I needed. I got lost in the story and this beautiful world. I fell in love with these characters and my heart broke over and over . 
I can't wait to see where the story will lead us . It's definitely a must read!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Cannibalism, Murder, Torture, War, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

loudmouthbooklover's review against another edition

I didn’t enjoy the writing style. And she just kept describing everyone’s features way too in depth including hers. I’m not the biggest fan of present tense first person and to cap it she kept talking about Kaans smell, over and over and over and over again. I get it he smells good. 
Plus I can’t stand insufferable characters and I found Raeve to be that. She had complex moments, but after getting saved by someone she just wants to slit his throat. 
It felt very predictable as well, the banter felt recycled and I was like I already know this is heading to yall wanting to sleep together. I get it but you wanna kill the dude. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

Animal death

mystical, die and turn into moons. Torture of mystical animals.

kaitisbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I had some minor issues with the pacing and some lingering questions about the magic system that I hope will be explained throughout the series, but I found this to be a super unique and engaging take on fae and dragon lore, fully rooted for the main character, and totally melted over the romance 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Slavery, Blood, Gore, Racism, War, and Animal cruelty

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I absolutely loved every word of this book. Even though it's over 700 pages, there was no point where I wanted to stop reading and I definitely shorted myself on sleep a couple of nights when I lost myself in it. 

Parker's world-building is exquisite. The world she crafted is deep and thorough as are her characters. I honestly cannot decide which of them I love more. There's a strong but flawed FMC, a giant teddy bear MMC plus beautiful, unique dragons. Plus even the side characters are equally as developed, even the ones we barely get to know in this book, clearly have fully developed back stories. I can't wait for the next installment to flesh them out further as well as the next phase of the plot. I guessed a couple of the twists right before we found out about them but they were very well done. 

Highly recommend to any lover of high fantasy. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Classism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Vomit