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A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

10 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

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

andreabrownriley's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Sexual assault

grace_b_3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

A fun, Norse-inspired fantasy romance, A Fate Inked in Blood has a cool magic system, where the children of the gods have powers in accordance with their godly parent. There’s also runic magic, which is unrelated to the godly magic (I think). The world-building is a little light, but the vibes are there. 

As to the romance, Jensen is really good at building that sexual tension, but the arc of the romance leaves something to be desired. It’s very lust-at-first-sight. Most of the romantic development is that snippy banter typical of the genre. 

The plot of Freya figuring out her place in the world was compelling, especially with all of the mysteries and prophecies. Wanting to find out what’s going on definitely keeps me turning the pages. I’m curious to see where this story goes and I’ll keep an eye out for the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Animal death

Minor: Pregnancy

chloecarr's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Violence

jasper_is_atypical's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

3.25

I'm just tired of people calling an FMC strong or badass and then the MMC does all the fighting and planning and hard work and hero stuff. She literally sits around at points while he does all of the work, although she does try at points, overall she get's used and abused and just sits and takes it and then lashes out at the only people who actually care about her. She's not badass (when she is she's killing innocent civilians mostly) and every decision she makes for herself is a bad one. It was super disappointing thinking she would be this badass in control of her fate while she just let's herself get tossed around like a toy the entire book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Alcohol, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Blood, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death, War, Misogyny, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexism, Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Grief, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery, Rape, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Physical abuse

kylosten's review against another edition

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: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

ccouey's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, War, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Self harm

ee1000's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

My first Fairyloot book! I was excited to read this, especially since I have other books by Danielle Jensen on my TBR. I did enjoy this book overall but there are some things that I hope change in the next book. 

I really liked the setting and world building, the magic system rooted in mythology was really cool and I enjoyed seeing that unfold. 

I want to hear more from each of these characters, I feel like there’s still enough secrets between everyone that I’m impatient to know what happens next. 

What I really want to see is Freya to take control over her own destiny. She doesn’t like being used but her own inner monologue talks frequently about being owned or managed by others. I want so badly to see her be her own person while learning to rely on others to support her, not just manage her. 

I’ll most likely pick up the second book when it releases but hopefully Freya grows a bit more in the next novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Gore, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

thank you netgalley and the publisher for giving me an arc of this!!

this book is dripping in classic norse mythology and i love it. the twists, the romance, the stakes, it was all just so fantastic. if you like insta-love turned slowburn, the romance in this is for you.

the only thing i didn’t like was that the main character freya was a bit aloof at times and made some *questionable* choices. made me want to shake her and say “think before you act woman”

i’m so glad i got to read it and i need the sequel like, now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Death, Violence, War, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault