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Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Once it got past 55%, I started getting annoyed with the repetition of character descriptions and certain phrases. The main romance was not for me. Elspeth also started to get on my nerves the more the novel went on.
I'll still read the second book, but I'm not in a rush to do so.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content
I had the same feeling when I was reading The Cruel Prince: this book was meant for me, and I am the target audience. Every time I put the book down, I kept thinking about the story. And I think it’ll be on my mind for a while even after I’ve finished. I guess I’m a sucker for gothic dark fantasy….? It definitely had one of the coolest magic systems I’ve seen in a book.
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent
Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Religious bigotry
Rachel Gillig continues to be a unique, poetic, beautifully spoken, and well-written author with this as another testament to her work.
This darker take on a fairytale style “what if?” manages to be completely its own, while reflecting many beloved pieces of tales you may know, making a world that is both easy to fall into and dazzling in detail. Perfectly planned, leaving breadcrumb details to unravel the mystery throughout every chapter while remaining completely unpredictable without hindsight, and consequently leaving you hooked for one more chapter every time you reach a final page.
Easily loveable yet complex characters are quickly enthralling especially as their dynamics mix and unfold leaving blossoming friendships, addictive romance subplots, and family roots ready to fight for one another… or those that they have found to call such.
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent