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distilledreads'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Murder, Slavery, War, and Injury/Injury detail
florecita_lectora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Violence, War, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
warlocksarecool21'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? Yes
3.75
The characters were fun, although not as developed as I would like. I liked Yeeran the most, I thought she was pretty well-written. I liked Rayan as well and I hope to see more development from him in the next book. I liked Lettle at first but as the book went on she just got more irritating to me. I thought her divination was interesting but her perspective was not my favorite. I also thought the romantic relationships were a little superficial, there wasn’t a lot of emotional build-up to them but I didn’t mind either of the main relationships in the book. I will say I did enjoy how queernormative the world was.
As for the plot, I thought it was pretty solid but it got rather predictable at the end (especially with Lettle’s prophecies getting repeated every other chapter I figured out most of the reveals before they happened) but I am interested to see where the story goes in the next book. I am hoping we’ll get more action since this book was a lot of world-building to set up the series. The magic and the world were the strongest parts of this to me and I think it’s worth reading if you like good world-building. Even though some of the plot and character development was a little shallow I will be picking up the next book.
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and War
sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
I loved the premise of this world, the magic and the animal companion aspect, but ultimately I just wasn’t enjoying it enough to continue.
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Animal death
Moderate: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent, Torture, and Slavery
risaleel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Death, and Classism
Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Murder
kendal_reads's review against another edition
Graphic: War
brotestantethic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: War, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent
pointeshoebookworm'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? Yes
4.0
The insta-love, just wasn't doing much for me, on either end. And at times, the writing felt a bit underwhelming, particularly when Yeeran was speaking with Pila.
But ultimately, I truly am excited for the sequel announcement and the following announcement from fairyloot.
Moderate: Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, War, Death, and Sexual content
amandab0514's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.5
Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Animal death
ctara2123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content and Genocide
Minor: Toxic relationship