Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Storm Echo by Nalini Singh

4 reviews

vivivi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

I liked the way the story is told in this one, with the multi-chapter flashback in the beginning and the way the characters meet up in the future. There is an often-uses trope in this one at the beginning, but the great thing here is that it didn't last very long. This one is one of the quicker paced mating bonds, which is always a nice change. Love the cameos of previous characters! Also, the little snippets from Wild Women Magazine are excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Grief and Rape

now_booking's review

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-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

4.25

First of all, I have to say this was absolutely fabulous. I can’t say enough about how much I absolutely adore this Psy-Changeling Trinity series. It is superlative in every way from the world building to the relationship-building to the diversity of characters to the raw, powerful emotion that has you swooning in every page. And this book brought all of that. It was fantastic! But compared with other books in the series, perhaps it was maybe a little less complex and the plot was a little more… simple? I still adored it. I still swooned at how hard Ivan adored Lei and how loyal and loving Lei was back. Their relationship was lovely given their histories of abandonment and isolation from loving but somewhat irresponsible parents. The relationship building was absolutely beautiful- aspirational in fact for any romance. I loved the theme of found/built family and those bonds being as strong or even stronger and more healing that blood or ethnic identity. The plot was interesting enough if a little slow-moving and I think this is perhaps what let the book down the most. The plot kind of seemed a little forgotten about for large chunks and the whole bit with the spider and the scarabs felt a little under-developed till the end which came out of nowhere and didn’t match the plodding slow tale that came before it with little details. The slower plot development didn’t bother me much because I loved how focused the story was on Lei and Ivan. That said, it would have been nice to have a few more characters brought in that he could discuss the plot issue with and that solutions could have been tried with. Nevertheless, I still loved this, it’s still one of my favourites in the entire series and I absolutely adore cold, detached Ivan and zany, colorful, friendly Lei.

Many thanks to Berkley for the advanced reading copy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, Car accident, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Misogyny and Body shaming

brennaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Medical content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

jessie_h's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I don't know how Nalini Singh does it but each new book is just as good or better than the last. I absolutely adored Lei and Ivan's romance! We really get to see how the Scarab's are tearing the PsyNet apart in this book. I'm still not sure how it can be saved but we're getting closer to an answer and loose threads from previous books are starting to be tied into the bigger picture. I want it to be known that I totally called the identity of The Architect. I can't wait to see what happens next in this series! It's going to be a long wait for the next book. 

*ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief