Reviews tagging 'Child death'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

3 reviews

cosmic_kurt's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I will be picking up the sequel for sure. There were bits that I didn’t love and sometimes the MC really got on my nerves, but I do think she stayed true to her character arc even though I got frustrated with her at times. This book definitely is a gateway to an even bigger story, and has a lot of world building but I do think it was done pretty well. In the middle the pacing gets kind of weird but it does get better and it’s worth getting through that. I do wish the POVS were more evenly balanced but I think in the next book it’ll be easier to see from the other characters more. All in all, I would recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Sexism, and Pregnancy

elntastic's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I had no expectations, which I believe is always a good start, and was definitely not expecting such a good book. The story and world-building is truly amazing and original. I love how everything was explained thoroughly and that there were so many different unique creatures. Definitely nice to finally read something completely new. What made me read this so fast was mostly the urge to finally understand the full story behind Reave. Although most was explained there are still a lot of questions and I‘m really looking forward to finding their answers in the second book. 

One thing I did not really enjoy (hence only 4.5 stars) were the sex scenes between the MC and FC. It was just too physical and there was no kissing or romance in it. Just wasn’t for me. But I do love the story between Kaan and Elluin and I hope that Raeve will go back to him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Cursing, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Torture

dani_reis's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

Animal death

mystical, die and turn into moons. Torture of mystical animals.