Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

40 reviews

errie's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Slavery, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

kianareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

y’all.

This. Freaking. Book.

It took off RUNNING and dragged me right along with it 😭 Everything we loved about Legendborn is back in BLOODMARKED but amplified by 1000:

• The literal Black girl magic
• THE TWISTS
• The romance (pls don’t talk to me about the “cariad” moment I’m still recovering 🥺)
• Nuanced exploration of grief, generational trauma, racism, tradition, and resilience
• Artful world building

All of it. x1000.

BLOODMARKED is a love letter to being your ancestors’ wildest dreams, and also just being yourself. It’s a reminder to choose yourself. It’s a breath held for generations, released with understanding and with fire. It’s gratitude for unconditional friendships. It is a truly gorgeous fantasy that so (seemingly) effortlessly weaves all of this and more into its pages.

I started and finished (all 551 pages of it) within one day.

I laughed, I cried (often), I screamed (out loud), I jabbed my book with my finger (so often my finger was red), I gasped (way too many times).

Tracy Deonn is a master of her craft and I’m just so damn grateful to be able to experience Bree’s story. ❤️‍🔥

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

nicksalex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

sunrae_booknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Bree really went into this book still dealing with grief in so many different forms. It was refreshing to see book two not disregard that and in fact build on that and the struggle of ancestral trauma and becoming her own character and not what other people expect or want from her. Yes there is a subplot of romance but this story isn’t about the love triangle between white boys, it’s about Bree. Forever team Bree and here for whatever she decides to do in book 3.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mickeyisnthere's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Crying screaming throwing up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Gun violence

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ashlikes's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

librarianlayla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

The audacity of this book!

Trying to review this book in a coherent manner is eluding me. It was everything, I am left distraught and the fact that a third book is yet to be announced has me fearful. I require answers!

If you enjoy books with complex characters, angst ridden love triangles, intricate plots and raw emotions - then you have to read this series. I fell in love with Legendborn and Bloodmarked does not disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Blood, and Colonisation

purplepenning'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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation