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Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, War
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, War
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit, Abandonment
Violet is such an amazing character, her growth throughout the entire story is one of the best character arcs I've ever read. The plot is great, full of twists, great friendships, magic and cool dragons. How can you ask for more than that?
Are there any weird little things? Yes. Why the hell do they need to bond with a dragon to write with a pen? What kind of power is that? Why are the sex scenes so…detailed? We get it, sex is good, we don't need to read every thing they feel.
The ending was brilliant! I can't wait to read the second book.
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Minor: Vomit
I was laughing, squealing, swooning, gasping, and on the edge of my seat the ENTIRE TIME. The second I finished, I wished I could rewind my life a week to experience reading it for the first time again. The writing isn’t good, but the story makes up for that in my opinion.
It was so special to read a book with a bad-ass disabled character (I have a connective tissue disorder like Violet). And I think her disability makes the story so much more interesting, complex, and relatable than all the other dystopian-type novels with women main characters who are physically strong and clearly capable from the start.
Also, the romantic plot line is WOW. I wasn’t expecting it to get so sexually explicit, but I’m def not mad about it lol — just a heads up in case you aren’t into that.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Abandonment, War
But is this entertaining? YES.
It hits all the beats of a fun YA and I thoroughly enjoyed myself reading it.
Sometimes, you don't need a literary masterpiece. You just need dragons.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol