Reviews tagging 'War'

Gleam by Raven Kennedy

16 reviews

mostlyharmless42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, War, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Drug abuse

frantically's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The lit student in me, the critic, would like to rate this 3 or even 2 stars. Nothing happened. Just like in the last book. But the Aurip (?) stan in me won out.

You know, maybe sometimes we don't need a plot. Maybe some healing and some sex is enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Addiction, Confinement, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape and War

itsbrianascall'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, War, Child death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this one.

There were many twists and reveals that I didn’t see coming. The cliff hanger leaves much to question that I’m assuming will be answered in the future books.

I love Slade. I love the Wrath. Auren is growing on me….like a fungus. Lol

watching Auren come into her power was beautiful. She still made a few mistakes but she has learned to fight for herself and for Slade and it was so refreshing.

The sex scenes were very hot! It switched to more modern language for a second and it was a bit jarring at first but it was well done. There were also some heart wrenching scenes that were well done and had my jaw on the floor. I really liked this one and I’m glad I stuck it out to get to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Trafficking, Addiction, Alcohol, Torture, Blood, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: War, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Vomit

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug abuse, Classism, Confinement, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and War

erisedstraeh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: War and Torture

lydiasturges's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Thank the lord that Auren is finally seeing the light when it comes to Midas!! I just wish she didn’t have to be used and abused as much before she realized her worth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Child death, War, and Violence

hmb86's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Drug use, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Rape, Trafficking, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy and War

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual content, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Pregnancy, War, Alcohol, Murder, and Trafficking

midnacine'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

This is absolutely my favorite book in the series, it wrenches my heart out every fucking time. Not a big fan of the narrators' performances in this one- I don't think Blake Lockhart reads women's voices well, so that took me out of the smut, and Zara Eden's inflection and pronunciation choices were strange at best. Narration I'd probably give a 3.75/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

Minor: Infidelity, War, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Grief