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abby_shupe'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? Yes
4.5
The budding tension between Ayla and Crier was just amazing. Their entire dynamic, the dual POVs, and the glorious world building really all sucked me in.
Ayla going back and forth, so uncertain and untrusting of the daughter of the sovereign - while also so obviously in love with her made the entire book.
I definitely think Iron Heart is the better of the duology, just because there are so many moments in this book that I didn’t get enough i information (yet), to piece everything together. In Iron Heart, almost everything blends together well and left me satisfied.
I love that a lot of the main characters in the story are good or bad, they’re both. Getting the opportunity to read so many character arcs, and following along as they find their footing was pure gold.
One of my favorite elements in the novel was Crier’s continued remembrance of queer stories. She kept thinking back to ones including a prince and a male commoner, and of course the one of Winter and her lover. It was a great touch on the author’s behalf, and really added a lot to the story.
Graphic: Blood and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Minor: Vomit
sssssoup'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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Gore, Death of parent, Child death, and Mental illness
Minor: Kidnapping, Infertility, War, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual content
starccato's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, and Mental illness
ashleycmms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
averyrembish'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Self harm
make_believer'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and War
Minor: Sexual content and Infertility
offbrandclubsoda'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? It's complicated
3.5
Spice level: 🌶/5
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility
Minor: Gaslighting
mia_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Genocide and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death of parent
caseythereader's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
- I also love a prickly heroine, which Ayla is (and then some). Following her struggle to square her beliefs with her reality was wonderful.
- There's also some excellent palace intrigue amid all the sapphic longing. This is really not one to be missed!
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence