Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen

38 reviews

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

forgottencupoftea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Blood, Death, Torture, and War

_savannahreads_'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, War, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, and Grief

sami_leigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, and War

Minor: Toxic relationship

_bookshelf___'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

4.25

The first book I liked but thought Aren was a little flat and Lara one sided BUT could tell/hoped it was going somewhere special and my hunch was accurate! I really enjoyed this book and it caught me off guard how invested I was in the ending. A little bit off the score for awkward pacing at times although, unlike the first book, I feel this didn’t have a rushed ending. Throughly enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

Not a fan of the will they? Won’t they? trope. But otherwise the action is well written. A satisfying end to the duology, but not the best I’ve read this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

charhollyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

A thrilling end to this part of the series (as I think book three is about two side-characters.) 
I really rooted for Lara throughout this book and despite usually feeling irritated at reading a characters constant guilt-ridden emotions when they mess up, I found the guilt that Lara and Aren felt to not only not annoy me, but I empathised and felt their pain. 
I loved these characters. I loved the sisters and Jor but I would have liked to see depth in other side characters alike those important to Aren, so that I felt his pain with him as he watched them go through pain or triumph. 
A good decision to make the next book about Zarrah and Keris. Lara and Aren’s story is finished now and perusing those characters would only result in a boring book - I’m excited to see how book three turns out.
It’s such a vivid, well-written world with so much more to explore than just Ithicana.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, War, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

sienas_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore