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Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Abandonment
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Alcohol
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Toxic friendship
Minor: Death of parent
This book gave me flashbacks to many of the YA novels I enjoyed as a teen: Red Queen, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Divergent. It’s not a bad thing; I think it’s bringing in a new generation to this unique genere. But Violet and Xaden were pretty generic.
Violet was “small, weak, had bad joints, pain” etc but none of it affected her. Chronic illness impacts people on a daily scale, but she never seemed to significantly fail. And we want to root for our main character, but she seemed unrealistic. Not to mention bonding with two dragons one who is the most powerful….
Xaden gave me a mix of Rhysand and Azriel from ACOTAR vibes with his shadow abilities. He hated Violet until it’s revealed that her dragon (who was even going to participate in the Threshing) is later to his. Then he decides to like her. But later in the book he says he’s liked her since he first saw her.
There were some things as a reader I didn’t personally like: these “college age” adults read like teens and the swearing was a bit much. The cliche “bully wants to kill me” the moment he sees me isn’t one of my favorite tropes either. But overall it was a decent book and I’ll read the next two because I’m committed at this point.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent