Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

42 reviews

thissmoi's review against another edition

Enjoyed the first half but the second half got so trope-y it lost me, and it was so long I didn’t want to power through. A LOT could have been edited out. Also, I am begging fantasy authors, please stop making up words purely for the sake of it. If an animal is functionally a cow, you can call it a cow. I promise it won’t take away from the world building. Or a day. Or mother and father. Or morning and evening. The story takes place across multiple years (I THINK??) but I didn’t want to keep going back to the glossary to translate words, which is the only place anything is given context, so I never had a clear sense of how much time was passing. I’m pretty sure she was hiding behind a wall for 10 hours but it also could have been 10 days. I really couldn’t tell you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

doahdancer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, Grief, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

sampisters's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Excrement

Minor: Rape

zreadsstories's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

Would say this is ALMOST 5 stars it was so good everything I want and need from a good romantasy read. I’m only not giving it 5 stars because it is book one I’m a series and I have to leave room for growth obviously. Read this it is absolutely worth the hype!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Confinement

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the type of fantasy that I freaking live for! Dragons. Magic. Fae. A badass FMC with a snarky mouth. A love story that makes your chest ache. Unique world building and magic system. Spice. Action. Mystery. Lore that kinda breaks your heart. Ok. TOTALLY breaks your heart. This book was SO GOOD and I absolutely cannot wait for the next installment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

ramenfuneral's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

There is so much to like about this book and just a few things I really didn’t like. Love the world. Dragons are cool. Elemental magic is cool. Weird creatures are cool. I want a parchment lark, give it. I am already ready for the next one even though I’ll forget everything that happened in this book once it’s actually out. 

I did find the FMC pretty annoying. Not enough to stop me from plowing through this but I think she could be redeemed in later books. I just found her decision making processes made me want to bang my head on a wall. Also, Moonbeam? That is by far the worst pet name. I can’t get behind it I’m sorry. For this, I can’t give a 5 star but sign me up for the next book I am in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

Animal death

mystical, die and turn into moons. Torture of mystical animals.

condls27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Have you ever read a book so good that you never want it to end but also want to finish it as fast as possible so you can absorb every single word? Have you ever read a book that you knew the second you finished it you’d want to read it for the first time all over again? That’s this book. 

I love the way Sarah weaves her stories- dropping morsels that you don’t even realize are morsels until you’re smacked in the face with a new revelation. But you’re not so much smacked as you are edged into oblivion until finally you are gifted one little crumb of information that just blows everything apart. She is my favorite fantasy author hands down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Sexual content

mabelmeeky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Rape, and Grief

kaitisbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I had some minor issues with the pacing and some lingering questions about the magic system that I hope will be explained throughout the series, but I found this to be a super unique and engaging take on fae and dragon lore, fully rooted for the main character, and totally melted over the romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Slavery, Blood, Gore, Racism, War, and Animal cruelty