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akirokis'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Grief and Suicide
jennybugg's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
cassielaj'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
lillelow'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It is not the sweet sweep-me-of-my-feet kind of romance turned fiery passion, but rather some weird angry hate-fuck setup that has its only, very shallow, foundation in that Hawthorn is filthy rich and Alan is poor. This, to Alan, seems to be the most awful thing a person can be, so for most of the book he complains about how horrible everyone is and how he hates them. Especially Hawthorne. And still they… very explicitly… everywhere. Yeah, I don’t get it.
As to Alan, he is constantly moody and depressed and not at all the mischievous, fun “sure let’s get into trouble” pickpocket from the second novel. The same change goes for Hawthorne. I was beginning to like him in the second novel, seeing him warming up to the others and somewhat reluctantly joining the crew. Yet in this one he’s just grumpy again, and not in the somewhat shy and caring way. I get that these are character traits that are well founded in both character’s backstories, and they’re written to overcome them, but I simply didn’t enjoy listening to half a book about moody characters who only complains. And no, adding kinky hate fuck scenes that I really didn’t understand the point of didn’t help.
I felt there was a shift about halfway through the book though, where things started to gain pace. We did get some heist action and some grand magical gala action… but in the end, I didn’t care much about ‘the Last contract’. Which I guess is the actual plot of the series (adding so much focus on relationships makes one loose track of the overall goal). I did expect answers in this one, but sadly realised I still didn’t understand most of was going on, who people were and why things happened.
Final rant: I expected Hawthorne’s sister‘s death to have MUCH more relevance. Adding Mrs Doufey only felt like a way to dump exposition no one asked for. WHY didn’t Adelaide get her own point of view? The grand showdown was underwhelming and quite confusing. I didn’t understand what happened to the last contract 🤷🏼♀️
Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Grief, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts
Explicit, spicy, kinkyreinydays's review against another edition
Graphic: Violence, Child death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Murder, Classism, Grief, Bullying, and Death of parent
motherofdogs'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny
beepbeep101'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence
grace_b_3'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
3.0
In comparison to the other novels in this series, this is more of an ensemble piece. As such, we spend less time with Jack and Alan and their romance feels less developed than Edwin’s and Robin’s.
Perhaps I had just gotten used to the author, or A Restless Truth just opened my eyes, but this book just felt thin. Similarly to A Restless Truth, I feel like the more I think about A Power Unbound, the less I’ll like it.
Graphic: Murder and Sexual content
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Suicide
maj00'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content
frenchpants'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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Death
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and War