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rileydobereading'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Alcohol and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Cursing
hckilgour's review against another edition
3.0
The story was fast paced and filled with sea battles. And Caledonia is just brilliant.
I like that the ending forced hard decisions but that they were done with growth and understanding in mind.
Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, and Violence
asahome's review against another edition
4.75
I think the end of a series is a difficult book to read because you are saying goodbye to characters you've spent time getting to know. I really like how she handled the ending. It doesn't hide from the fact these characters have been fighting a war and there are long lasting consequences to that. It doesn't sugar coat to a happily ever after. I really enjoyed both the series and this book.
Graphic: War, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Toxic relationship and Sexual content
Drug abuse and forced institutionalization:bemaline'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
Graphic: War
Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, and Abandonment
Minor: Torture, Blood, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders
henrybrunisholz'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
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: War
jessicastaylor'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
Cala's relationship with Oren was a nice side plot. It added to the events nicely but never felt like it was either the main plot or like it was pulling attention away from the main plot. I enjoy romance books, don't get me wrong, but I loved that this was an action-first-romance-later book. Sometimes you just need some ocean battles and not smoochy smoochy.
Speaking of other side smoochy smoochy though, I am so freaking excited about the other relationships we got to see develop. Amina and Hime are finally ackoledged as explicitly being in a F/F relationship, rather than just subtext in the first books. I LOVE IT. It's such a natural relationship and you really feel it. Pine and Sledge. My babies. My Blades. I love seeing their relationship get defined and grow as well. Also Pine seems to be bisexual (again, not explicit, just based on subtext) and I love that too. We don't see a lot of male bisexual characters and as a bisexual person myself, I AM HERE FOR THIS REPRESENTATION.
The battle scenes are SO well written. Usually I just skim over them in other books, but these just felt so realistic and were described so well that they were actually engaging and I wanted to read every word of them. Their details were specific and intricate, but it never felt like we were being pulled away from the action for the sole purpose of describing things in enough detail. It was just really well done.
The ending was slightly predictable, yet I loved it all the same. It was well executed and still gave me little heart flutters of anxiety as it played out.
Overall, I LOVE THIS SERIES. If you like pirates, action, invention, and friendship, this is the series for you.
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Death
caidyn's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
CW: violence, death, action, drug use, and withdrawal
This series is over and I'm sad because it was so good. The series rounded out so well, bringing it to a close with things open yet done. Because the story is over and the mission that was started is complete. I know that I'm rambling a bit, but the story was so well-done. I was worried about how things would tie together, but I shouldn't have because I loved how rounded out it was.
Caledonia is having her final stands in the fight against Lir. She has former Bullets on her side and is still trying to get to her brother. She's just wanting to end it by whatever means necessary, even if it means making truces with people she never would have at the start of the book. Her character growth was gorgeous. I was so happy to see how she changed over the course of the two books and the ending with her was beautiful. It just made me very happy to read it.
As I said, this is a great series. If you want a fantasy with amazing characters and great action scenes in a fantasy/scifi world, I highly recommend it.
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Drug use