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adventurous
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Child death, Torture
Minor: Rape, Cannibalism
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
Holy shit this book is so well written. I didn’t trust Harald pretty early on, but I never suspected he was a child of Loki. Overall I loved all the twists and turns this book took.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
For the most part, I liked this better than the first book, which seems to be an unpopular opinion from what I've seen but oh well.
I found half of that book boring and struggled to get through it. In comparison, I only found about 20% of this book boring. It was honestly going pretty good for the first 70%, but then somewhere it just sort of... fizzles out in the excitement department. I'd peg this to be around theHarald/Snorri/Saga reveal, where we learn that Harald has been pretending to be Saga and is a Child of Loki . That reveal was pretty great. I thought something was up with the characters involved, but couldn't figure out what it was and this reveal caught me off guard.
UNFORTUNATELY, it goes downhill from there.
I did not find the endgame of this book very interesting. I can't say there was anything overly wrong with it, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Some of it was expected but it just wasn't done in a way that had me on the edge of my seat.Truthfully, most of the shit that takes place in Hel did nothing for me and I just wanted those scenes to be over, even if I should have seen them coming due to Freya's powers.
The ending was... underwhelming. I didn't like the epilogue. I was honestly leaning towards four stars up until the last twenty or so percent of this book. But really. Overall, a very average romantasy in the sea of romantasy series we get these days. Nothing to write home about but a nice waste of time for what it is.
I found half of that book boring and struggled to get through it. In comparison, I only found about 20% of this book boring. It was honestly going pretty good for the first 70%, but then somewhere it just sort of... fizzles out in the excitement department. I'd peg this to be around the
UNFORTUNATELY, it goes downhill from there.
I did not find the endgame of this book very interesting. I can't say there was anything overly wrong with it, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Some of it was expected but it just wasn't done in a way that had me on the edge of my seat.
The ending was... underwhelming. I didn't like the epilogue. I was honestly leaning towards four stars up until the last twenty or so percent of this book. But really. Overall, a very average romantasy in the sea of romantasy series we get these days. Nothing to write home about but a nice waste of time for what it is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War
Moderate: Emotional abuse
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Sexual content
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Updated review 5/21/24: Jensen’s books are genuinely emotionally damaging to me. Other people may anticipate the twists in the road better than I can, but upon finishing both of the books in this series I have been triggered in the truest, most clinical sense of the word. If you are someone who has experienced complex trauma from manipulation and narcissism, please consider whether this story is right for you.
That being said, I was hooked by this story. Freya and Bjorn’s chemistry and their ability to twist the threads of fate kept me interested. This book was harder to love than its predecessor, with much more violence and death and much less sexual tension. Themes of distrust, manipulation, and grief are thick.
The big plot twist and subsequent details left me genuinely sick to my stomach, and then the story moved right into a what felt like a somehow rushed yet rambling and too-magical conclusion. Certain points of high tension were introduced and then resolved without much thought or narration, while others dragged on gruesomely. As a reader, I would have liked time to process the trauma alongside the characters after the climax, rather than rush through the events to the conclusion.
I need to make an extra therapy appointment and go reread The Spellshop.
🛡️🔥🪓
I’ll write a better review after I process the story. My initial thoughts are:
-more strife, less spice than AFIIB
-I love the women in this book—equal parts viciously mean and compassionate
-once again I had to lock myself in the bathroom because my emotional outbursts about the plot twists were confusing my toddler
-ending felt a little rushed, a little too magical
-I hoped for more spice, not less, after the 1st book was the slowest burn with so much teasing
-really WTF just happened though
-I was hooked from start to finish, overall really enjoyed the book
That being said, I was hooked by this story. Freya and Bjorn’s chemistry and their ability to twist the threads of fate kept me interested. This book was harder to love than its predecessor, with much more violence and death and much less sexual tension. Themes of distrust, manipulation, and grief are thick.
The big plot twist and subsequent details left me genuinely sick to my stomach, and then the story moved right into a what felt like a somehow rushed yet rambling and too-magical conclusion. Certain points of high tension were introduced and then resolved without much thought or narration, while others dragged on gruesomely. As a reader, I would have liked time to process the trauma alongside the characters after the climax, rather than rush through the events to the conclusion.
I need to make an extra therapy appointment and go reread The Spellshop.
🛡️🔥🪓
I’ll write a better review after I process the story. My initial thoughts are:
-more strife, less spice than AFIIB
-I love the women in this book—equal parts viciously mean and compassionate
-once again I had to lock myself in the bathroom because my emotional outbursts about the plot twists were confusing my toddler
-ending felt a little rushed, a little too magical
-I hoped for more spice, not less, after the 1st book was the slowest burn with so much teasing
-really WTF just happened though
-I was hooked from start to finish, overall really enjoyed the book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Saga of the Unfated!!! DLJ does it again! This is the 7th book I’ve read of hers on my mission to read everything by her because her story telling is just *chefs kiss*. I’ve read The Bridge Kingdom (my fave) and this series. Her way of immersing you into new worlds and unpredictable twist turns and characters that are all unlike anything I’ve ever read before! Highly recommend anything this author writes and I’m anxiously waiting for her new books to drop while I work my way through her previous works!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery
adventurous
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm giving this 4 🌟 for the twist. I did not see that coming. It was a slow read to begin with but once I got beyond 60%, the story was coming together for me to continue.
Freya, she annoyed me so much in the beginning. I was trying to be on her side, but she came across as brat. Why are FMC's like this? 🙄
Poor Bjorn. He tried and tried to do the right thing IMO. I'm glad he got a HEA.
The plot is good, I enjoyed it. Shame it was a slow start.
Freya, she annoyed me so much in the beginning. I was trying to be on her side, but she came across as brat. Why are FMC's like this? 🙄
Poor Bjorn. He tried and tried to do the right thing IMO. I'm glad he got a HEA.
The plot is good, I enjoyed it. Shame it was a slow start.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, War