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louisepea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Cursing
Minor: Torture, Violence, Blood, and War
rinku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
Moderate: War, Slavery, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent
emis_books'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? It's complicated
4.5
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
I love the end. It’s a happy end. I did have to cry a little bit.smuttymcbookface's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Pros:
- Interesting and easy to follow plot
- A love triangle where the other man is not an unredeemable villain
- Some sweet and tender moments mixed in
- Any interactions with Misha, since he was hilarious
Cons
- Too quickly and conveniently wrapped up
- Both MMCs lost their character/individuality
- There was too much cheesiness/corniness in some of the romantic scenes
- The amount of fishing and reassurance required by Brie in the romance scenes were ridiculous - especially since she gave nothing back in comparison
- The power and Fae abilities of the main characters (Brie, Misha, Finn) felt inconsistent and underdeveloped
- The early dialog scenes were too long, particularly when contrasted with quick wrapped-up-in-a-bow ending
- Much more minor than the other points, but I hated the use of "male" when Brie described the love interests - left me a little icky even though I know it was trying to diffentiate them as fae
Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Child abuse, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual content
kbairbooks'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Torture, Toxic friendship, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, War, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Miscarriage
cady_sass's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Confinement, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Body horror
iamsammie27'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
Minor: War and Child death
katvou'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: War, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury
haley49's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Genocide
louisa_pennyfeather2021's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I hated both love interests, but the main character made me unreasonably angry. The entire time, it felt like watching The Vampire Diaries. Both Brie and Elena Gilbert had the constant narrative of "I don't want this power, but I want these two brothers and I don't want to choose." Maybe I just prefer sound decisions, but her constant back and forth and emotional manipulation of both love interests was infuriating.
The book was definitely romance heavy because certain aspects of violence and war weren't as detailed as the other Fantasy books I've read since first reading These Hollow Vows.
Overall, I did not enjoy this book. Both books made me so angry. I had high hopes for it as this duology was my first time reading Fantasy ever. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.
Graphic: Slavery, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Classism, Death of parent, and Deportation