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adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
OMG!!! The tension between Kai and Pae?!?! I’m obsessed!!! I LOVE IT!!!💜💜💜💜💜
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«Perhaps you may not need powers to be powerful.»
«If only death had any regard for promises.»
“She’s too stubborn to die, and I’m too stubborn to let her.”
“If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.”
“My soldiers don’t mean anything to me. They are expendable and easy to replace.” His chest heaves, his eyes locked with mine. “So, yes, Gray. You aren’t one of my soldiers.”
“There’s no music,” she says flatly, her voice laced with amusement
“Well then I guess we won’t know when to stop dancing. How unfortunate.”
“And this is for me, you son of a bitch.”
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Torture, Death of parent
adventurous
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
omg blown away this was amazing. i loved the hunger games vibes and it really reminded me of dance of thieves so i was bound to fall in love with it. this was honestly incredible, the dynamic between kai and paedyn was so so good im so sad the next book isnt out for so long because that ending has shocked me so much and im dying for more scenes of them already and theyve barely even kissed
i have missed my enemies to lovers fantasy romances so much
i have missed my enemies to lovers fantasy romances so much
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Torture
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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:
Yes
3.75⭐️
1🌶️ (Steamy)
This YA romantasy is the perfect blend of age-appropriate romantic tension and page-turning action. I’m a 30-year-old habitual smut reader who enjoyed this book, and I’m saying that this book was clean as a whistle and it still had me giggling and kicking my feet and just how cute the MMC is. You think SMUT is ruining men for women? No, no. It’s men like Kai who speak in LITERAL POETRY that are setting unrealistic man standards, and honestly, never change.
I will say my dumb ADHD brain did struggle to WANT to read this book through the first 50%, but I struggle with slow burns, so that’s a me thing. The plot was a little long and at times I wondered if we were adding stuff just to make it “fantasy.”
HOWEVER. This book was solid. I do note regret listening/reading. I will totally read Reckless when it hits shelves in July.
1🌶️ (Steamy)
This YA romantasy is the perfect blend of age-appropriate romantic tension and page-turning action. I’m a 30-year-old habitual smut reader who enjoyed this book, and I’m saying that this book was clean as a whistle and it still had me giggling and kicking my feet and just how cute the MMC is. You think SMUT is ruining men for women? No, no. It’s men like Kai who speak in LITERAL POETRY that are setting unrealistic man standards, and honestly, never change.
I will say my dumb ADHD brain did struggle to WANT to read this book through the first 50%, but I struggle with slow burns, so that’s a me thing. The plot was a little long and at times I wondered if we were adding stuff just to make it “fantasy.”
HOWEVER. This book was solid. I do note regret listening/reading. I will totally read Reckless when it hits shelves in July.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture, Violence
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
adventurous
emotional
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My only real complain was the characters didn’t develop much personally, except for maybe the female main character, and I wish we got more information on the plague, the purging, the minor characters, and past trials.
If you ever wished there was a hunger games meets Harry Potter and the goblet of fire style competition, you will love the Trials in this book. If you love the male main character falling first & falling harder, you will love this book. Love, betrayal, trauma, family, and strength are the major topics of this book.
I appreciate how the author handles the female main character’s trauma as something she is stronger in spite of, and not because of. I like how despite her growth and time passing, she still shows signs of struggle and wounds that never healed. It makes the impact of what has happened to her feel more relatable and real. It also contrasted nicely with how the male main character processed his trauma.
Overall I’d say it was definitely worth the read
If you ever wished there was a hunger games meets Harry Potter and the goblet of fire style competition, you will love the Trials in this book. If you love the male main character falling first & falling harder, you will love this book. Love, betrayal, trauma, family, and strength are the major topics of this book.
I appreciate how the author handles the female main character’s trauma as something she is stronger in spite of, and not because of. I like how despite her growth and time passing, she still shows signs of struggle and wounds that never healed. It makes the impact of what has happened to her feel more relatable and real. It also contrasted nicely with how the male main character processed his trauma.
Overall I’d say it was definitely worth the read
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Classism
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic