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lottsofplots's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
julierambaeck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
neko_reads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy, War, and Death of parent
elizabethbest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Death
fallonrhea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy and War
fragrant_stars's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I think my favourite thing was the relationship in this book. The romance between Shiori and Takkan was so beautiful- Such a breath of fresh air that there was no silly relationship drama between them! I wish we had more Seryu stuff, too. Romantic relations aside I love how all the characters interact with each other.
Graphic: Grief, Death, Violence, Confinement, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Pregnancy and War
lauramcc7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Animal death, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
itsnotalakeitsanocean's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
This book... was a mess quite frankly. It felt more like a mishmash of ideas strung together than a coherently though out plot, causing some truly atrocious pacing. Sometimes it felt like the plot was geared to go in one direction but then it would gently shy away and go in another. As a result certain parts lingered on for much longer than they should have - causing me to skim a lot - and action scenes felt too fast paced.
And the title? The title only applies to about 10% of the actual book. A better title would be The Forgotten Realms, seeing how it was more about the spaces different inhabitants resided in outside of Kiata. As someone who picked it up expecting dragons to be a huge focus I am sorely disappointed. I'm sure Seiryu featured a lot more in the previous book so I'm willing to give some benefit of the doubt, but he feels like a wasted character in this book.
As does Gen. Gen feels like his role was almost cut entirely from the plot save for him and Shiori escaping the dragon palace, and that cutting him out completely meant Shiori wouldn't be able to escape.
Speaking of Shiori, I have mixed feelings on her. On a subjective note, I'm not a fan of her personality. Subjectively, I think her personality could have worked IF there were more consequences to her actions. So many times she gets off with the narrative equivalent of a slap on the wrist and things go her way far too easily. Not entirely - especially towards the end - but there's no tension when you just know everything is going to go her way and the only other consequences happen to other characters. Who are just kind of there. Even her fiancé doesn't give a damn that she
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Confinement
Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent
chaptersofamylea's review
- 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
4.5 ⭐️
This duology is everything. The Dragon’s Promise to me was as good as this first book. Once again I loved the magic, the world, the family bonds and Shiori’s personality. This book was so enchanting that it felt real, Shiori has grown so much and I adore reading from her point of view so much. I just love everything about this story. And it had me crying over a paper bird.
I’m both happy with the Seryu content we had as it felt like that part of the story had closure but I would love to read more about him and his antics.
But yeah, such a romantic, enchanting and spectacular book.
TWs: death of a parent, depictions and gore and violence
Graphic: Gore and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
eetishmeh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I spent a little longer than I'd've liked to finish this book due to school and life stuff in general... but also because some parts of the book were a little bit slow. That might just be a personal preference, though.
As always, I'd like to appreciate the worldbuilding, especially since I rarely see Asian takes on typical fantasy tropes (made-up names inspired by real-life things, mythological beings inspired by legends etc) that are usually used in Western settings. (I'm sure that non-English books must do this too, based on their own culture, but this is one of the first times I've seen this in an English book.)
I liked the conclusion to Shiori's journey. It was bittersweet, yet felt more sweet than bitter because of the character reactions and the nice little bows tied onto each character arc.
Overall, I preferred book 1 more due to its pacing and the plot structure, but I enjoyed this book as well. Goodbye, Lor'yan. I enjoyed traversing your land alongside Shiori <3
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Pregnancy and War
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