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slimy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I think the first Crescent City book was better as far as clarity, plot points, and intensity, but this book was good too. I think this book relied on smut to keep readers attention at slow points in the story instead of actually moving the plot along. Other than that, this book develops secondary characters fantastically. It also has a few twists, and a really big surprise at the end! No spoilers but I’m waiting for the next one!!
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War
laurelll's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Slavery
jhaneveauguste'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? No
5.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Confinement, Death, Genocide, War, and Rape
ahse1dances'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
4.0
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
jessgreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
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Graphic: Sexual content and Death
Moderate: War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Genocide, Classism, and Alcohol
Minor: Kidnapping
katymat18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault
stephmorrisbyatt'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death, Violence, and Murder
ritareadstrash's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Please tread with caution, not only for extremely light spoilers, but also SA trigger warning. This is super edited for the word limit.
I’ll be up front, I didn’t have high hopes going in. I desperately felt the first book needed an editor, and this wrist breaker could’ve been halved. However, I don’t read these books expecting them to alter my life. I am a raccoon, and this is my trash horde.
Right out the gate, we get this prologue that made me uncomfortable, at best. It reads as WWII, historical fiction, set in a concentration camp, but made fae. It took me about 100-200 pages to realize the prologue is set in the current story timeline and relevant, in some way.
My issue is the rape that occurs and is brushed off with zero CW. In the scene, we get from a man’s perspective, through a type of telepathy. The woman is violently grabbed, hurt, scared, and forced to have sex with her partner. He believes she is being attacked and raped. When he finally reconnects with her she says she’s fine, she was just startled and said yes.
I brought this up in multiple conversations, and everyone brushed it off with “well she wrote that she said yes.” My issue isn’t with the clarification but the lack of acknowledgment that spousal/partner rape occurs. If you want to stick to this terrible WWII allegory SJM has in place, then this is like the many families forced to take in Nazis and “offer” their wives and daughters to have sex with them, or those same women die.
The consensus by readers to not acknowledge this book needs a massive TW/CW to protect real life victims, is a massive slap in the face. This is not a victimless crime. The character says yes to save her life, like women do in real life. there's never any real choice.
There were a lot of other issues for me throughout the book, like why is Bryce constantly in a thong and why do we need to know every time she is, and I’m wide open to discuss it in the comments or DMs to avoid spoilers.
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Slavery
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, and Grief
manoncrochan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Confinement, War, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Murder, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Trafficking, Pregnancy, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Medical content
readwithzoe_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Slavery, and Sexism
Moderate: Child abuse and Lesbophobia
Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Torture, and Child abuse