Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Glint by Raven Kennedy

5 reviews

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Third time reading this book but first time listening to the audiobook and honestly I love it even more, and I didn't think that was possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: War, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Trafficking

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

eerie's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: 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

folkofthebook's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Book 2 is much faster and riveting than its first. Firstly... I'm obsessed with Rip. Giving me major Hawke vibes. Also, shoutout to the tent trope. It becomes more clear in this book that we are NOT rooting for King Midas and that there probably won't be redemption for him (phew!). We get more of Queen Malina as well, who I don't particularly care for, but it'll be interesting to see how her scheming plays out. The Auren-Rip slowburn is killing me. We learn more about Auren's dark past, so trigger warnings.
TW/CW: pedophilia, confinement, sexual assault, r*pe, pregnancy, grooming, toxic relationship, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Pregnancy