Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

8 reviews

pm_me_book_recs's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and War

3bobbielee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

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

shellbow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual 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

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Vomit

literaryintersections's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book blew me away. Good lord was it good. Norse mythology is so fun and Jensen really brought the the gods to life in Skaland. 

Freya is a fun character from the jump. Even though she’s 20 she’s not aged up but actually a teenager in actions. She truly feels mature because of all she’s endured. From the first 3% I was invested in the story Jensen created, partially because of Freya. Then you have Bjorn, a tall menacing while smirking mortal touched by the god Tyr and him and his fire axe are HAWT. Freya and Bjorn’s tension and will they won’t they was fab fab fab and I ate it up. Like it was there but the romance didn’t take up the entire story. 

There are some great secondary characters, lots of LOTR and Percy Jackson type vibes - one true hero who will unite the land. But Freya and Bjorn, and their secrets, made this more tense. Although most of the twists were predictable, it didn’t take from the joy of that last 10%. 

My one annoyance was Freya about 60%-90%. Like her back and forth, her inability to discern what is happening, her devotion to her family. I was over it a little. But again it didn’t take away from my excitement in the story. 

Overall, a FAB read. And I can’t wait for book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence

knacksandnovels's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death, War, Sexism, Murder, and Gore