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Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Blood
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent
I love this world and I love these characters. All of them. Even the villains... they are perfect, cruel, merciless...
The only reason this read isn't 5 stars is because the book has a lot of unnecessary stuff. The beginning is slow (but it was the same with 'Fourth Wing') but then the story gains the right momentum. I feel this book is unnecessary long: if they just talked - they share a mental bond, GOD, just mentally talk or whatever - many of the problems would be solved; and I think that are a lot of little details that were left without explanation.
But I don't want to judge too much, maybe all the explanations are in the next book! Yes, because after this ending I expect perfection for the third book. Everything MUST be ok.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent
Minor: Abandonment
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
First things first: I cannot stand the protagonist, Violet. I have not liked her in Fourth Wing, either. Violet portrays toxicity for me, something I can do well without. Even so, I was hoping for her to have some character development (that proves good character building) and am troubled to find that I cannot discern much of it here.
Her conflicts dragged to a point that I feel like her slow-paced inner work does not match the high-strung tension of a fast-paced plot
For a novel focused on romance, I dare say that it was lacking heavily in the romance department. I can only hope for The Empyrean series to improve from now on.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, War
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail