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The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport

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kaitlynraj's review against another edition

5.0

Firstly I need to stay that I am appalled that this book has not need reviews more. Idk if people are just not rating it or if y’all are just sleeping in this duology but you are all doing yourself a disservice because this is an absolutely amazing story. But I digress. This is a wonderful, impressive, immersive, detailed, totally original absolutely fantastic and stunning story. I loved every moment of reading this book. Ikenna or Kenna, but only if your family, is an absolute badass for all the the terrible bullshit and racism and inequality she has gone through. She has shown what an absolute girl boss she is and that she can literally take any one on regardless of there status or rank. I won’t go into too many details because YOH NEED TO READ THIS BOOK. But this is the book we all need of a heroic warrior who all of us girls can look up to and aspire to be like in some kind of way. Please do yourself a favor and read this duology.

lizzienorthcutt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

xqueenybee's review against another edition

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Found lead annoying

wsg's review against another edition

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The phrase that made me DNF, "if grandfather really loved me, he wouldn't have let himself die." I'm good. May pick it up later, but I've read to many poorly written books to risk another.

mparker's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

I hated this book from moment one. The writing is bad (ex: characters just disappearing from scenes, bad dialogue, heavy handed themes) and I figured out every “twist”. Also also this book feels like it was supposed go be YA but at the last minute they added in a random sex scene to make it not YA