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jja_b's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Genocide and Slavery
golden_like_dior'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Gore, War, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
lexizee'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: Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: War
Minor: Genocide
lexi_readsbooks'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
4.75
Moderate: Death, Blood, and Gore
Minor: Gore, Murder, Cursing, Genocide, and Torture
sarah_cameron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Slavery
Minor: Alcohol
flower_child's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Genocide
deannab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, and Death
Minor: Genocide, War, and Blood
c45p1n's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
(4 stars, truly)
ok, basics: i loved this book. It had phenomenal world building, amazing descriptions for everything and everyone, it truly is a great book. but it felt like everything was so dragged out during descriptions or things were raggedy: for example, Lira's memory retellings. Granted, there probably weren't any smooth ways to put in what Lira was forced to do, I feel like where it was inserted was just on a whim.
This is a morbid and bloody twist on my favorite "Disney Princess" from when I was 6, Ariel from the Little Mermaid. (for anyone who cares my favorite today is Tiana (Princess and the Frog)). Definitely not for the faint of heart with everything that goes down and it's descriptiveness it ends up being, but it takes an interesting line of sirens V mermaids, and sirens V humans/pirates and morphs it into something more. It's an action-packed, sword-wielding, heart-clenching, screaming-into-your-pillow type of read.
SPOILERS BELOW (PROCEED WITH CAUTION?)
pros and cons
extra too descriptive with every little thing and sometimes got repetitive
STRONG LEADS!!!
fight scenes were all clear and grueling and brutal and descriptive!
Elian's response to the betrayal.
how did they fall in love????
Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Violence, and War
Minor: Medical content
offbrandclubsoda'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Genocide
Minor: Slavery and Kidnapping
charhollyx'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? Yes
3.75
Though it was a little too YA for me in terms of the romance, the gore elements (which I loved) made me feel as though the romance could have been a little more realistic of their ages.
The world was great - though I wish I had a map. With such an extensive world, I would like to have learnt more about it rather than a brief 2/3 kingdoms.
The ending was a little rushed. A great battle and a happy ending which were great,
The romance took a while to get going or begin in general which made it difficult to sink my teeth into. Although it wasn’t an overly “enemies to lovers” and more “strangers to flirting because he doesn’t realise you’re enemies”
All in all, it was good. Not mind-blowing, but good and well written!
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: War
Minor: Death of parent and Genocide