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Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual content
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Cannibalism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
I loved this book so much I picked it up one evening around 10pm and had to make myself put it down at 7:30am and get some sleep. I finished it later that day.
However, I HATE cliffhanger endings and this one has one of the biggest I’ve ever read. I would have rated it much lower for that but I know there’s a second book come in a month or so. That said, I’m left feeling very frustrated with a non-ending end.
I read the digital version which said there was about 30 minutes of read time remaining. Apparently that included all the notes at the end so it was really only a minute or so of the actual book remaining.
The notes at the end would have been nice to have at the beginning, especially the pronunciation guide and the content/trigger warnings.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Rape, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Kidnapping
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder
However, the reason it was so frustrating when these chapters would happen was because the rest of the book was fantastic. If it weren't for the messily executed romance plot and repetitive bits, it would have sat up there with my favorite romantasies. Which are extremely hard to touch.
The action was fantastic and the world was truly a highlight. I love the inclusion of the glossary and index. Which may not be everyones cup of tea but it was definitely mine. Some of the romance scenes were perfectly steamy
Overall, I enjoyed it. The low rating sadly comes purely from the slog of the middle bit. It truly frustrated me. It made me sad because it was so obvious this writer was great, but I felt she was bogged down by the need for the egregious romance.
I would recommend to someone who can get through that stuff though!
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Trafficking, Pregnancy
Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement
Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy