Reviews tagging 'Murder'

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

48 reviews

thenerdybookwitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this so much! Such a great end to the story though I would love to see more books based on this world because I didn’t want it to end 😭 Can’t recommend this duology enough. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Gore, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

xangemthelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

Literally a fantastic ending to an out of this world story. Let me leave you with the two quotes that impacted me most in this story. Both are from Briseis narrating:

"This was a hero’s quest and something would have to be lost."

"I was the seed set in the soil, nurtured by the love of my family, and allowed to grow, to stretch, to reach for the sun."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Blood

esme_t's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

phua_jieying's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Murder, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

shaipanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

I can’t decide if I should put this as a 4 star or 3.75 
I enjoyed reading the ending of this story but it wasn’t as impactful as I expected and the ending didn’t make me emotional or anything for some reason 
Overall though I  enjoyed this story and I’m glad I read it :) both this series along with Cinderella is Dead are really well done 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Vomit

_bookswithkam_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.75

Briseis & Marie are a back for round 2 with the Greek goddess Hecate and many others in this wholesome but epic conclusion to this duology. This story is filled with love, family ties, grief, growth, acceptance and so much more. Can this book break your heart? Yes. Can it put it back together? Absolutely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Body horror, and Death of parent

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book picks up where "This Poison Heart" leaves off. This was actually slower than I thought it was going to be especially with how the first book ended. It felt like everything was less urgent despite the clock they are racing against.

What I really did like was the character growth of Briseis over the two books and how she came into her powers. Though I loved the character growth of Briseis I wish we had a chance to find out more about some of the side characters too. Who knows maybe we will get another book in the same universe.

The plot was also good, but I think was expecting more adventure with how the last book left off. I think the exception versus reality was why this is a 4 star read and not a 4.5 or 5 star read.
By all means though I still highly recommend this duology for a lovers of YA urban fantasy and for Greek mythology retellings. I enjoyed it a lot and would read it again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Murder and Vomit