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Graphic: Torture, Violence, War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Torture, Blood, Death of parent
Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abandonment
The story itself was engaging about a third of the way through. The first third was just excruciating watching our loved characters just be miserable.
The relationship conflicts were confusing and unnecessary, easily solved if given one rational conversation. These aren’t teens, so why are they acting so broody and immature? We expect better from them.
The ending felt more like an attention grabber than a plot twist. It just made me disengage from the story for how left field it was.
And lastly, the publisher really messed up on the delivery of this book. Not only did it have a slew of misprints, but there were dozens of typos and the grammar in some places was horrible. Not to mention the cheesy lines and nonsense derailments. They rushed this big time and the quality tanked because of it.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
I am still not sure how this story is going to stretch over 5 books, though with that cliffhanger, I guess we have a seed for the next book. Maybe even the plot seed for the rest of the series. We'll see where Yarros takes this story next!
The whole back and forth with Xaden and Violet did get a little old by the middle of the book; just commicate with each other already! That whole kind of trope just gets on my nerve in general, but also Xaden's "just ask me the right questions" thing was another level that drove me crazy. How the heck is she supposed to know what questions to ask when she didn't even know what was going on in the first place??
Anyway, if you're looking for an entertaining romantasy that won't make you think too hard, that isn't too heavy in the world building and fantasy aspects, this is the series for you. But be warned: Yarros definitely likes her cliffhangers.
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, War
Minor: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit