Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

20 reviews

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

I liked the plot of this book the most out of the series so far I think!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

ariep's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

I could not stop reading this book. I love the characters, and the writing, and the plot! It was so tense, and incredibly engaging. I really loved the first two, and this one is no exception! I don’t know what else to say other than I loved it, and I will probably read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

distilledreads's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

Of the first three The Saint of Steel books this is my least favourite, which was disappointing because I was so, so excited for Piper’s story. I’ve loved him as a character from Book #1 and I love him even more now that we were able to experience his perspective. The reason this installment fell short for me is because of the brevity, so I guess that’s a testament to Kingfisher that I just wanted more. 

Insta-love is one of my least favourite tropes, and I definitely found Piper and Galen’s story to be insta-love. Not only is the timeline in the book significantly shorter than the two previous books, but the length of the novel is much shorter too. Unfortunately, that was really apparent to me and I wanted more development between Piper and Galen. As it was, I couldn’t quite buy into how quickly they fell in love and their relationship progressed. Although I will fully admit that the life-or-death situation and adrenaline pulsing through most of the book would sway both to going all in very quickly. 

As well, I believe there were two continuity errors in Paladin’s Hope, or at the very least two explicit references to past scenes that didn’t quite match up with how they were previously described. That took me away from the story quite a bit as I tried to parse through it. 

All of that said. The last line. My gods, the last line. Paladin’s Hope was hovering around a four-star rating for most of the book because of the brevity and insta-love, but the final line had me sitting up in bed and actually screeching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Blood, Death, Violence, Grief, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Murder, and Medical content

thecolouryes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

So I got REALLY excited in the beginning that this was going to be the one in this series with fake dating....... but alas, the ruse only lasted a scene. Like every other book in this series it is absolutely fantastic, the world is richly developed, and the paladins. The paladins!!! Such beautiful love interests. Moar pls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Xenophobia, Suicide, and Torture

neighbor_reads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

I'm struggling to find words to convey how much I love this series - the characters are so endearing and the story has touched my heart.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Violence

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

My favorite of this series so far — and they've all been great! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Police brutality, Violence, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement

cwerber's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

WHAT. 

HOW DARE YOU END THE BOOK LIKE THAT?!?!?! 

IS PIPER OKAY?!?!?!? 

IT'S TWO IN THE MORNING AND NOW I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP THANKS TO YOU AND THIS BOOK.

TEN STARS OUT OF FIVE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Hate crime, Blood, Xenophobia, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Kidnapping, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Confinement

no_mourners_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual content, Animal death, Medical content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Cursing, War, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug use, Excrement, and Torture

maryellen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Grief