Reviews tagging 'Grief'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

32 reviews

kristinvaldez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Cannibalism

kitbruin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

The author did not make cohesive connections. 

The beginning was written in a poetic prose/ waxed lyrical…. Some plot holes were not yet addressed in book 1.

The audio book gave more clarity through the male/female character voices. But had One not listened to the audio, there might have been some confusion. 

The end of the book randomly began to swap from 4 different perspectives. 

This is not a light read. Takes some concentration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Rape

thecanadianbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

I cried so many times, two of those times I had to put the book down. Crying so hard I couldn't continue.

Wow. Such a beautiful writing style, and a sad tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal cruelty, Grief, Torture, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Slavery

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

Wow! This book was just amazing! I fell in love with everything about this story and these characters. I think Raeve might be my favourite FMC ever now. And Kaan…well Kaan is just the most 🖤🖤🖤 man ever! I can’t wait to see where this will all go with the next installment! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexism, Torture, Gore, and Medical trauma

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

Excellent voice acting. Especially for the character "The Other". *chef's kiss. It's such a cool and unique fantasy world. Love the world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, and Child abuse

callistag1's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The one star is because the narrators did their job well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

booksalacarte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5⭐️ 3🌶️

Fantasy Romance
Multi POV
Unique magic system
Assassin FMC
Dragons
Secrets
Politics
Flashbacks

I started out with all 3 mediums of consuming this book. I put the audiobook aside fairly quickly due to finding the female narrator to be to be lacking the inflection to keep my interest. I stopped listening and quickly went to my ebook to start over.

But I highly recommend listening to chapter 15, if you have the audiobook available. As well as any following that feature the characters in the chapter.

The prologue was so beautifully used to start the world-building and laying down the groundwork for this to be the start of a very intricate and intense series! Once I got to Chapter 15, I was all in. That was when the book differentiated itself from other assassin FMC books, for me. 

The plot was very steady, providing the breath catching moments that kept me at the edge of my seat as well as moments settling in and showing the softer side of the characters. This made it so easy to relate to, and like, the characters. 

I loved it. It lived up to all the hype I saw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, War, Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Death, Excrement, Body horror, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Grief

marleyellise's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book and found myself wanting to keep picking it up. The fantasy elements mythical creatures and world building were super interesting, and the angst built between Raeve and Kaan really had me excited, it’s very much slow burn though… I’m hoping that book one is a little spicy, and as they series progresses you get more and more spice along the way as the relationship develops. 
This book was definitely only 🌶️🌶️ at most. 

The glossary/guides were a nice feature to have, and allowed me to reference back when a character, or creature came into the story that I couldn’t remember, but the entire family tree and glossary contain spoilers for the characters and storyline that could have been removed and added to the glossary when the plot point features in the book. 

Upon reflection, although I enjoyed this book, it seemed that not a lot happened plot wise. We spent a lot of our time learning about Raeve, her background and her obsession with Rekk Zharos but not much of the secret elements were shared by the author in this first book. I ended the read feeling a little bit frustrated that I didn’t have a big cliffhanger making me ITCHING for the next book. The book did end on what some would call a cliffhanger.. but not one that made me gasp in anticipation! 
Will I read the next book, yes. But with an expected release date of August 2025, I’m not that disappointed that I have to wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

antidietleah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Murder