Reviews tagging 'Blood'

House of Striking Oaths by Olivia Wildenstein

6 reviews

nickymd1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

A perfect ending to the series. I laughed, I wept, and I sailed through it. This final book was good enough that I would happily recommend the series in spite of the very slow first 70% of book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

kbowles24's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Misogyny, Gore, and Sexual assault

Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, War, and Vomit

dkgreads's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

Well that was quite the epic adventure! I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this series until last week. It really should be on more people’s radar! I couldn’t get enough of this story! The world, the magic, the characters…….SO GOOD. I’m sad it’s over, but I’ll definitely be picking up the spin off next year so I can revisit this world. I’ll also be reading this author’s other books because I’m definitely a FAN!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

mmagaro's review

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.25

The plot is more medium to fast, and it's a satisfying ending while also leaving the door wide open for additional books. HoSO does a nice job of tying up loose ends for Fallon and Lore as well as a lot of the side characters, while also leaving the door wide open for additional books in the future. Book 4 will focus on other characters, so if you're someone who waits to binge read a series until it's complete, you're safe to start this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

satchelpaige's review

adventurous emotional funny informative 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Violence

nicole_thereader's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping