Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

L'imperatrice delle anime by Kylie Lee Baker

4 reviews

mokkekitty'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism and War

saintgalentine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

I really enjoyed the duology. A good mix of Japanese folklore, action, relationships, and character twists

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Such a wonderful duology! I highly recommend to all my fantasy readers out there. It helped me learn more about Japanese mythology, dug to the root of belonging and love, had a great morally grey character, gave us betrayal and redemption, and had some epic battle scenes as well. I wasn’t as into this book as the first one but it was still really good! Just slower storytelling, though the writing was still beautiful and vivid and well, gory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Classism

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Enshrouded in Japanese mythology, this conclusion to The Keeper of Night sees Ren truly find who she is and who she becomes. 
  
Since becoming the Japanese Goddess of Death, Ren takes it upon herself to find her brother by being something that Neven won't hate as much. 
  
Meanwhile, the Shinigami that are supposed to serve Ren oppose her and are no good when Ivy, Ren's adversary, decides to sail to Japan for revenge. 
  
Together with Hiro's brother, Tsukuyomi, the Moon God, Ren must battle her way to stay alive and show why she is rightly the Goddess of Death. 
  
The mood of The Empress of Time shifts from chaotic and almost helpless to dark as we journey with Ren to try and stop Ivy without Ren turning into Deaths former ruler's. 
  The world building that was created is so fantastical and full of characters, which almost feels like this should be longer than a duology.
  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Torture, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Colonisation