Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

47 reviews

miraileah's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• 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

4.75

🥺😭🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed reading this book, I loved the setting and the world was really unique. The magic system is so creative and I have not seen a similar magic system. It was quite eye-opening with what is considered as Craft, for example cooking which is one of the most basic parts of our survival (I had a similar reaction as Isobel). I couldn't stop reading this and didn't want to put down the book to go to bed (after a while because at first I was not that interested). Overall I love the characters, I find Rook and his mannerisms cute like he was head over heels in love with Isobel AHHH. I felt a bit unsatisfied with the ending like <spoiler? I wanted to see them make new laws or at least explain what you had to do to become King/ Queen? I would have loved to have more to read from this world but at the same time I understand why this one is a standalone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

millyfox's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

karin_goodreads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

5.0

This is my all time favourite book!

Isobel and Rook are so FRICKING CUTE! I have no other words for the way this book made me feel, except that I just felt really happy and content after reading it. And now I just think of craving more.

I'm sorry, this book just ✨stole✨ my heart and many probably won't understand such an intense liking to the book and it's characters, but there was something magical in it, I swear! The book literally used some kind of magic on me, because I genuinely enjoyed every part of it. I remember reading and always being like: "I can't stop!"

The famous teapot scene, where Rook almost got "assassinated" by a teapot was as cute as I imagined. And not to mention the fact that Rook could turn into a raven... those birds are so cool and I love that he can do that! Please, I need more!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

frantically's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This whole novel feels like a fever dream, the main character even says so. As a chronically ill person, who often experiences fever dreams (I'm somewhat of an expert on the subject), I can't help but agree. Let's look at similarities:

1. Did this feel almost like a normal dream (fae characters, human girl who's REALLY good at painting, everyone's royal)? Yes.

2. Did it also feel just a bit weird (ugly glamours, blood = pretty flowers??)? Yes.

3. Was it still more on the fun dream side than the nightmare one? Yes. Will be able to tell friends & family about it.

4. Will I forget about it very soon? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Grief

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror and Death

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Uses a lot of tropes, but if you like those tropes like I did it I’d perfectly charming. A great palate cleanser. Like Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries meets The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Body horror, and Blood

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

The amount of times I was giggling and blushing throughout this book is actually insane. I thoroughly enjoyed An Enchantment of Ravens and had so much fun reading it. I definitely agree with my favorite booktuber, Caricanread, who says that this book is written like a fairytale. Truer words have never been spoken. The main part I enjoyed about this book was the romance. It was extremely fast-paced yet very believable and well done, which is a hard combination to achieve. Rook is the love of my life and Isobel made a wonderfully clever protagonist (and their chemistry is amazing as I said earlier)! All in all a wonderful book that I very much recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, and Animal death

littleflowerfairy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Classism, and Torture

The adult/minor relationship is between a 17 year old human and an immortal fae, though there's no real maturity difference between them. The death of parents happens off page, mentioned a few times.