Reviews tagging 'Death'

Frostbite by Richelle Mead

38 reviews

a_h0204's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I feel reluctant to rate it any higher with the kiss between Dimitri and Rose at the end. She's still 17, and he's still 24.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

theasoleil's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

atherius's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Action Packed

So much goes down in this book that there’s almost no break. You get to meet quite a few new people including another spirit user! Be prepared to cry by then end though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death and Mental illness

scarlettereads's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Frostbite is just as bad as book one, except that instead of one paedophile there are TWO! And the second was my favourite character in the series when I was a teen. To be fair, it was slim pickings with this series. But at least I didn’t picture Mr. Tommy Wiseau when I read about Adrian Ivashkov!

Rose is insufferable for most of this book. It was hard to read, especially when the audio performer made her voice so bloody whiny.

Nothing really happens until the last two-ish hours of this (audio)book. It’s pretty boring, overall. (Except for when Adrian buys Rose countless perfumes. Seriously weird way of flirting. Like, you smell good enough to eat, but you’d be mouthwatering with a little seasoning? 🧐)

I’m going to read book three anyway because I’m putting off reading a new release that I’m sure will break my heart a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Alcohol, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

30dollarbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

joyfulfoodie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I think this series is growing on me - I enjoyed book two more than book one. Maybe it was partly being more familiar with the three types of vampires, maybe it was that some of the world building was out of the way and the plot could just go. 
Now to be clear I’m giving this five stars but it’s not like a new favorite book of all time that I’m planning to fan girl and reread … but it was solidly enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Sexual content

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

I think the plot has improved from the first book. There was some character development. The bonds between characters have developed as well. I found this book to be more gripping and intense, and it kept me engaged. 

My main hang up is the developing relationship between Rose and Dimitri. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Alcohol, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness