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lilhappyhermit'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: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Death
Minor: Homophobia and Slavery
meghansarmiento97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
mybookishdelights'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
5.0
Buddy read with Melissa
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content
lavendcr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
โI am shadow and darkness and stronger than the girl he sacrificed for the crown.โ
WOW THIS WAS A MF ROLLERCOASTER!!! i just randomly happened to pick this one up from the library and was not prepared for the contents of this book. there was so many unexpected twists and turns, so much betrayal, LIES!!! it was sooo crazy
i am constantly thinking about brie and finn ๐๐
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
samantha_06x'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder and War
Moderate: Slavery, Death, Grief, Confinement, Child death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, and Death of parent
kiwij96's review
- 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
There were a couple of times where I was confused by things that seemingly made no sense, or felt too rushed, but other than that this story is so well done. I was hooked immediately with the Cinderella style beginning. But then it just became something else entirely. I was honestly stunned at some of the twists that happened.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Classism, Blood, and War
smuttymcbookface's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
First of all, I the fantasy and plot are easy to understand and get into, though I found some information was a little too glossed over or given at convenient times.
The characters were interesting, and flawed, but a little one-dimensional. Sometimes I wondered why the FMC was allowed to get away with things, and why everyone was willing to uproot their principles for her.
However, it was easy to read, and the plot kept me enthralled.
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Trafficking, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, War, Death, Toxic relationship, Incest, and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent
urmm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
viselik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Please look up content warnings for this book, it deals with some pretty dark topics and the version I had did not have any content warnings in it.
1) There is no content warning and this NEEDED to have one.
- There is a fucking
concentration camp in it and there was no warning about it before we find out about it. We find out about it in Chapter 15. - Emotional manipulation is a super big thing in this book, there is no warning about that.
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Like the entire character of Ronan/Sebastian should have had a content warning
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Once we learned that Prince Ronan was missing I instantly knew that Sebastian was Ronan. It was too obvious to me after we had it stated that Sebastian was going away the night after the first day of the ball.
3) The naming system of this world. Characters and the land.
- We had the Seelie lands, the Unseelie lands and the Wild Fae lands... This just felt too basic for me.
- Then there are the characters.
- Let's start with the main character's nickname, Brie. That is a cheese, a rather smelly cheese. I may or may not have just started calling her cheese girl.
- The two love interests! We have Ronan/Sebastian and... Finnian. I was left slightly disappointed by these.
- Finnian's uncle is called Mordred or something like that and his father was called Oberon. I expected more considering the name of the people around them.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Vomit
Minor: Sexism
booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse