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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

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kemikemi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

i loved how we got more intimate and in-depth with bree herself and our main relationships (especially between our core four of the book bree/sel/alice/william), we spent a lot of time discovering things with them and i thoroughly enjoyed how things got to take their time; they were struggling hard in this book and seeing them move forwards and backwards in their journey made them all feel more real and their relationships feel natural. bree and sel’s relationship in this i— /passes out/ like GOD there was so much angst and yearning and subtle devotion and fighting and slowburn i ate it all up it was incredible im so AAAAAAAAAA and it was so interesting to see bree’s values and point of view change as she’s pushed to her literal limits trying to keep herself and everyone she loves alive.

the ending im so sad about like we are at the “main characters lowest point” part of the hero’s journey and im so broken about sel and alice and about how bree has given in to death via demon when nick and sel JUST brought her back from possible death, this cliffhanger is going to haunt me but i will sit here crying into my hands patiently waiting for the next installment

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boba_nbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

What an epic continuation of the Legendborn Cycle!

In this installment, we get to learn more about Bree’s powers and her ancestors. Each reveal had me audibly gasping in surprise.

I loved how Deonn effortlessly continued to build the magic system. But that cliffhanger?! I need book 3 right now. I can’t wait to see how this all plays out.

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mathemoiselle's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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chloerachelle's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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bookish_kirst's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I've been putting off reading this for months because Legendborn is still one of my all time faves and so many times I've been let down by sequels, but this. THIS BOOK. It has me in a tighter choke hold than Legendborn did. I'm obsessed and devastated we have to wait for the 3rd book😭

Bree is once again, an incredible MC. How she handles everything that's been and is still being thrown at her is beyond admirable. We also get to spend alot more time with Sel, Alice & William, which made me so happy cause they're my faves.. and I'm not even ashamed to say I'd sell my soul for Selwyn Kane🙃

Bloodmarked is my fave read of 2023 so far and it's gunna be very hard to beat. I'm already debating re-reading it🫶🏻

TW/CW: racism, grief, mentions of slavery and rape, death, violence

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bookthief's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

5.0

Wowowowowowowo!!!!! Soooo much just happened in this book I don’t know where to begin.

Firstly, I was super shocked that the regents turned on Bree and took her away and was constantly mesmering her and asking questions repeatedly days on end. I thought that was very cruel considering Bree is still young and she is literally their king.

I loved the scene where she finally escaped the regents with the help of her friends and that she was clever enough to figure out that the poison was in her food.

I originally thought Sel was being really sweet and kind for helping Bree even though that meant going against his oath. I was super mad at him when Valec revealed that Sel had been mesmering Bree into thinking he wasn’t giving into demonia.

Throughout the majority of the book, they had been looking for Nick since he was kidnapped by his father at the end of Legendborn. And when they finally found him he ran away. I was in shock considering I thought he would be eager to get back with the gang since they got on soo well and spent so much time and energy trying to find him.

When Bree was at Volition I thought she would master her powers and that would be that, but instead her ancestors didn’t help her and the regents found her.

When she asked Arthur to help her and to possess her I was stunned as Bree did not trust Arthur at all. I felt very betrayed when he would not give the control back to Bree and locked her up in a dream prison.

I felt so bad for Sel at the end when he turned demonic since he spent so much time trying to help Bree and ended up folding.

The ending was shocking. I did not expect Erebus to be the demon king or Bree to make a bargain with him.

The book ended so suddenly I was in shock. I cannot wait for the third book to come out ( I hope that’s very soon)!

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