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Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship
Minor: Drug use, Vomit
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, War
Minor: Drug use, Terminal illness
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death of parent
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Murder, War
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness
I could not read the word badass without cringing. The world building was positively wild. It's in a more historical fantasy setting where they write with quills, use weapons, crossbows were a big deal, people who wield magic have access to smaller abilities like locking/unlocking doors, making mage light, etc. There lots of wooden shit, but that also translated to having wooden exercise equipment to essential get swole in a modern fashion, rather than bodyweight exercises. There's a brief mention right at the beginning about shoe sizes which means they have standardized them? And the whole riders quadrant can get married before everyone else when the graduate.... At age 23? That's early for this society? And the focus of sexual relations was just pervasive. The talk of raging hormones... The convenience of fertility suppressants getting a brief mention before boning down. Oh and gods are worshipped, but not by dragons.
There was some disability rep that I think was decent considering that it was a fantastical setting with healers, and the character didn't want to "look weak" and would refuse treatment to speed the healing process. There was some LGBT+ rep as well, but mostly on a surface level for side characters.
Honestly, it was fine but the romance had me putting the book down regularly and made finishing this book difficult.
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
The writing style felt like it tried to be YA but the book was actually adult fiction. Despite this being a high fantasy setting, the author used the phrase "for the win" three separate times (I counted), but thank god she changed "birth control" to "fertility suppressant." The same zinger phrases are repeated word-for-word across multiple chapters. I also thought a few lines were just plain corny but that's personal preference.
All of the characters in this book were clichés, which isn't a bad thing if it's done right, but these characters were not. Violet in particular was a Mary Sue. She constantly calls herself and gets called weak, small, fragile, etc. despite also being the super-special chosen one archetype. The most interesting characters were the dragons themselves,
Overall, this book reads like a CW TV show in literary format. It's fun and exciting but lacks the depth I was expecting from a book with this much praise.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Toxic friendship