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A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

22 reviews

romywrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

This was a struggle to finish. And now, so many emotions are coming to the surface after having just finished this book. I wish... so many things. I really liked two scenes of this and they were all near the end. The thing with roots and something else that happened in the end.

Bruh, the dragging people to Hel was sick. And I finally felt triumphant, but then she had to feel guilty and that stopped my female rage trip hard.

But then

Bjorn pulled a very romantasy move. Which retroactively made the sex feel icky. Like, he lied and didn't even tell her. She wouldn't have had sex with him otherwise and I just feel sad for her even though she annoyed me as a book character. You didn't deserve any of this Freya.

Also this book edged me to high heaven. Never before. Literally not till the end of the book. Holy crackers! No! No one else do this. Thank you. Appreciate.

I am interested in the sequel. I hope Freya puts on her big girl boots and goes to town. Please. I am begging. 

I am also still mad and am growing ever more so by the second. Someone deserves a bat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, War, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

sheebsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gaslighting, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

kaneebli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, War, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

Story fell flat for me unfortunately. I saw so many great 4-5 star reviews about this book which hyped me up to start my first Danielle L. Jensen book, especially since her bridge kingdom series has been on my radar/tbr for a while. The Norse mythology retelling is what intrigued me the most because it’d be my first book with this type of background within a fantasy setting.  Yet once I got into it, the story and the characters were just meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, War, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Abandonment, Blood, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

3.75

 Content Warnings: sexual content, violence, blood, war, death of loved one[s], gore, murder, torture, sexual harassment, sexual assault, kidnapping, sexism, classism,
Mention of: rape, physical abuse, infidelity, child abuse,

The first part of this book has me excitedly devouring it...sadly the middle was a lot of the same which had me forcing my way through a lot of it...then the last part threw so many things at me I was excited but also a bit overwhelmed 🤷🏽‍♀️

Looking forward to reading the next book and hoping that the pacing is better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, War, Gore, Torture, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Child abuse

blacksphinx's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

This is the first book I've ever finished my skimming the last ~80 pages. It was a book club pick and something I had been highly anticipating. I've been craving a Norse fantasy and this author came highly recommended to me. Oh man, where do I start?

Our protagonist was so insufferably stubborn and I found no redeeming qualities in her. I'm not sure she does one action that someone asks her to for the entire book, even if they would have been to her benefit. She's so hot-and-cold, changing her mind at the drop of a hat to whatever course of action would be the least convenient for her and the people around her. I wanted to like her! I especially loved that opening scene with her love interest; they had banter that I actually enjoyed!? But I was so frustrated with her by the end I couldn't enjoy anything about their romance. 

I predicted one of the big main twists from the first moment it was foreshadowed. The other big twist was something I guessed was probably going to happen. It didn't feel fun, it didn't feel like I can solved the author's intricate puzzle and now I was in on it. I spent a lot of this book going "are you serious?" and "how it is not obvious to you!" 

The magic makes NO sense and was a constant source of irritation. People who possess the blood of a god are "unfated" and both do not have a destiny/fate of their own and can change the destinies of those around them... but can also be the center of a prophecy and two of them can be destined to be together? How does that make sense! 

The final cherry on top is that I could not help but notice the number of named female characters

that die or betray Freya compared to the named men. Every time I hoped Freya would form a friendship with another woman, something would happen to destroy that relationship.

I am so grateful I hesitated on preordering this book, and will not be continuing with the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Sexism, Vomit, and War

Minor: Kidnapping

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and War

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexism, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

edey_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Great for those who love Norse Mythology! Freya is a complicated FMC and you watch her start to learn more about her shortcomings (albeit a bit slowly). I felt the plot twist was a bit predictable, but still good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Blood

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.0

I liked the beginning, got frustrated in the middle, and didn't like the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Excrement, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gore, Domestic abuse, and War

bookish_bry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-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

4.5

This was a fun book! It was a bit predictable with plot beats and the plot twist at the end didn't surprise me at all, but it was still a lot of fun. In fact, knowing what the plot twist had to be made the last few chapters more fun. If you read a lot of fantasy, you might get a little bored, but I haven't read a contemporary fantasy in a while so it was nice.

I think the author writes characters very well. I liked Freya the whole time even when she made choices I didn't like, and I understood her motivations. Bjorn was also a good love interest. We didn't see into his mind, of course, but he always respected Freya, something that she noted and cited as a reason she liked him herself. That was very nice.

The whole cast of characters was interesting truthfully and while we really only dipped our toes into the lore, I think it's very interesting. I will definitely be following this series to see where it goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism