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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
i’m never read about a fae prince more useless than this one. why is everything falling in the human SLAVE???? nothing went well in this book untill the very end! the devotions made were v stupid. the romance was not strong enough in the first book to wig stand all this torture. anyway i think my journey with this series ends here.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Lord of Silver Ashes feels like a natural extension of Prince of the Sorrows, in fact aside from the issue of length I’d argue it might’ve been better suited as part of the same book, aside from the plot device that separates the main couple for the first quarter of the book. Many of the mysteries put forth in the first book are expanded upon and answered in the second.
All in all I love the world of Rowan Blood and I fell in love with the side characters that we got to spend more time with, even the bad guys. I was surprised at the level of darkness and violence that erupted toward the end, but it all felt earned with the aura of repression and menace throughout the book. Saffron truly cannot catch a break. Cylvan, more in need of rescuing than being a dashing rescuing, sometimes seems to lack a lot of agency. There’s a lot of plot that hinges around misunderstandings and deception. I’m fine with all of these things and I thought they were handled well, but it may not stick the landing for everyone. The sex scenes were more plentiful in this book, including some new kinks I quite enjoyed, as well as a sapphic scene that will live in my head rent-free.
The criticisms I had of the first book still stand. At first the run-on sentences seemed much improved, but at the same time as the plot started picking up I noticed more issues with that.
This was another hard-cover Rainbow Crate edition. This one experienced a little bit of fraying on one bit of the spine, and some of the foil rubbed off even handling it relatively delicately. Aside from that I am very pleased with how beautiful the product is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual assault
3.5/3.75 the sequel dragged a bit in the name of propelling the plot, but I’ll 100% be picking up the next installment
adventurous
challenging
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:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The ending part is better
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes