Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

8 reviews

crystalfaery's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Infertility, Blood, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, Slavery, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Grief

yarisbooksandbevs's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I liked this one better than the first. I was really struggling to love Auren. Rip intrigued me from the get go and Midas has always given me the ick. I also found a lot of the reveals predictable in this book.

I had to keep reminding myself that Auren is responding to trauma and that’s why she makes what I would call dumb decisions. It made it difficult to get through sometimes. I want to root for Queen Malina but I am not rooting for her she’s almost as ugly as Midas. Midas not having any actual powers surprised me and Rip and Rot being the same person also surprised me

There was enough interesting things and surprises to keep me interested but I’m going to need Auren to step it up for me to love this series because at this time it’s a meh. I do like however how it shows someone breaking down and dismantling their beliefs and how difficult that can be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, War, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

hellodebbies's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, and Toxic relationship

scarlett_f's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Slavery, Violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, and War

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, War, Medical content, Violence, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement, Child death, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, and Gore

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Is it predictable? Yes, is it good? Also yes. It also wasn’t as spicy as I believed it to be, but I think the third book is spicier? All that aside, the Wrath are my favourites along with Keg and the mender! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Violence, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Misogyny, and Sexual content

kinsportch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Infertility, and Pregnancy

michellemaas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

First read: 4 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Second read: 4.5 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

This book was a huge step-up from Gild. The world-building is quite intricate, but once the story kicked off, it KICKED OFF. 

There was an amazing plot twist (more than one, actually) which was masterfully written and I quite enjoyed having Kennedy go more in-depth with our characters. This is also the first book in the series to be told from multiple point-of-views, including Auren's, Malina's, and Midas' perspectives (I'm not counting that one chapter in the previous book) so that enhanced the story even more.

In conclusion, the book is entertaining, not too long and the characters are likable. That is all I usually ask of my fantasy books so I'm more than happy. Also, the Plated Prisoner series gives me such From Blood and Ash vibes so it's got that going for it too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence