Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole

26 reviews

naleyisms's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, War, and Gore

sarita_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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 enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I was going to. I feel like the main characters subverted a lot of typical fantasy tropes, for example the FMC being territorial and protective and being the one on the Initial bad side and the MMC being “good”. 
They had their interesting flaws and through out their relationships lot enemies to friends to lovers they help each other work through their issues, especially Dianna working with Liam and his trauma. I feel like there was a good highlight of mens mental health and brought awareness to it which I liked. 

Plot wise and world building I enjoyed. I do think that some things needed tightening up and explaining as there was a lot of telling us that this is the way the world is because it is and no other logical reason. And things kept getting thrown in. But on a less technical note is was easy enough to follow and I enjoyed myself and had a lot of fun reading this story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, and Emotional abuse

wishlissa's review against another edition

I just couldn’t get into the writing. Cool idea, but I don’t think it was executed as well as it could have been. Felt like it just needed an editor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Gore, Cursing, War, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Slavery, Grief, and Physical abuse

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

I love this book and these characters so much. The communication between our main characters is so good. The banter is amazing. World building is woven in so well into the story. The ending is shocking and the story is just so great!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, War, Gaslighting, Vomit, and Confinement

Minor: Kidnapping

gabi_715's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Grief, War, Kidnapping, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Slavery

howboutjane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

I'm mad I waited so long to read this book! It was truly amazing and had all the aspects you could hope for in a fantasy romance - morally grey MCs, Epic Battles, Magic, Suspence, twists and a satisfying amount of female rage. A bit of a slow start but when it gets going it does not stop! I hope to never experience in my LIFE the betrayal Dianna experiences in this book 😟...and that ENDING.... 😵. I..AM...SPEECHLESS. 😩🤌🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Torture, Violence, Murder, Death, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit

sfdogmom's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual violence

rowans_revenge's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The story arc was well thought out, but the actual writing was monotonous and lacked style or nuance. Many of the sentences had the same formulaic structure, and abrupt cliches like “her arms pinwheeled as she caught her balance” or “my mouth formed a perfect O” detracted from the immersive story. That being said, the plot was engaging, and if you can get past the writing style it’s pretty engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood