Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Rise Up from the Embers by Kristen Simmons, Sara Raasch

2 reviews

feelingfrazzled's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.0

literally set fire to the gods was SO GOOD i dont know what happened to this one. I can’t decided if editing just crushed the author’s dreams or if something else happened. it felt like it was a YA book that desperately wanted to be an adult book. and if they had upped the whole series to be an adult series it could have been SO GOOD. and yet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

there is one scene about floris’s body that is SHOCKINGLY gory so beware. also the air goddess is CONSTANTLY sexually harassing madoc so

ajthequeen's review

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I consumed this book in one sitting! I read Set Fire to the Gods when it came out, so I was nervous starting this book thinking id forgotten everything. But thankfully the authors did a good job of making this easy to follow despite the time between books! This book was really good and I enjoyed it, it was very fast- paced and a fun read. 

What I liked: fast paced, romance, the magic system/power usage, each god/dess felt unique 

What I didn’t like: spoilers from this point on!

I felt like some of the events in this book were added for dramatic effect/forward the plot rather than happening organically. Madoc being enslaved by Anathrasa being a big one. The zombie-fication was a fine plot point, but Madoc becoming one was just sooo unnecessary in my opinion. What I HATED most was freaking Ash losing all her powers!! Are you serious??? STOP MAKING THE POWERFUL FEMALE LOSE ALL HER POWERS AT THE END!!! Ash had this entire meltdown in book one about losing her power, it nearly killed her, etc., and in this book she loses it and shes like “yeah ill be alright :)” NO. It DOESNT MAKE SENSE. Then they gave her a FIREPOWERED DAUGHTER? How f-d up is that? First throne of glass, then a court of silver flames, ((maybe)) supergirl, now ash? Is no woman safe? Anyways, for these reasons this book gets a 3.75 instead of 4.5.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual violence and Torture

it is implied that while madoc was enslaved, he had sex/performed sexual acts with aera but not confirmed. It is also briefly mentioned that Elias was brutally tortured while in prison.