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A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

19 reviews

zefancifulreader's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This series as a whole is magnificent and overflowing with queer joy. 
This book specifically had very dense, action packed plot, with deeply fascinating world-building as always, while also making time for FOUR of the spiciest, kinkiest, well-written sex scenes I’ve ever read. Power dynamics are so rarely written, especially in the romantasy genre, with proper boundaries and consent. This book absolutely has all the necessary checks in place and it was the better for it. 
Bravo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Police brutality, Pregnancy, and War

jaykay421's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

A series with a unique magic system, deep character development, queer representation, unexpected twists, and great smut. What more could you ask for? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia

shadowspinner's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia and Sexism

kitanda's review

adventurous emotional funny informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

klbreyfogle's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was my favorite one of the whole series! Jack and Alan are such compelling characters so I was super excited to find out this volume was about them (and included the rest of our beloved cast of characters!!) Loved the end, loved the characters, had good fun reading! Fair warning: this couple leans into consensual no consent HEAVILY so if that’s not your thing then at least skip those scenes. It’s well negotiated and explicitly consenting but a bit different from the scenes written for previous couples.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

angilram's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

therainbowshelf's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I didn’t think I could love a book more than I did the first two, but it happened! Marske makes excellent use of a trope I usually hate - enemies to lovers - and continues to build on already vivid character and world dynamics. She’s also a master at spicy scenes if those are your jam, constantly one-upping her prior scenes somehow. Given how much I love this series, I was delighted to see a glimmer of more on the horizon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

frenchpants's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, War, and Injury/Injury detail

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a perfect conclusion to the series. All the threads of our mystery are entangled within our now-expanded cast of characters. It's a joy to have all three couples together for this final installment, and the sense of found family sets this apart in the trilogy. 

And first, I have to note how much I LOVED this audio production and narration by Josh Dylan. I would highly recommend this entire series on audio, but I particularly enjoyed this one. 

This romance has a harder edge than any of our others, but also resulted in perhaps the most heartfelt declarations of the series. Role playing scenarios from Alan's erotic stories allows Alan and Hawthorne to navigate the class difference and power imbalance inherent to their relationship. Consent is well-navigated, with both establishing boundaries within scenarios and ways of withdrawing consent. I felt it was really well done, and allowed both characters to be vulnerable within a protected space as they begin revealing themselves to each other. 

And the mystery! I loved that in each installment we get a new piece of the history of The Last Contract. In this, we get a deeper dive into the fae bargain with England's magicians, the ley lines, and magic houses (These! Magic! Houses!). I loved how this expands the world and magic system even further, and I thoroughly enjoyed every twist. 

This is a book about mending and tending, and I absolutely adored it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

Pregnancy and sexual assault in a side character's backstory.

hendrixpants's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Homophobia