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katievallin'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Grief, Murder, Ableism, Violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Medical content
Minor: Drug use
kat1105'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Ableism, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Gore, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and War
fangirljeanne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I have thoughts, mostly about the marketing and reception of the book.
TLDR it’s clunky at times, undercooked, and unpolished, but manages to get it legs underneath it after around 30% and becomes an entertaining (white straight) New Adult Romantic Military Fantasy.
I’d recommend this to fans of YA looking for something a little more brutal (violent action) with open door sex scenes. Basically New Adult. And this might also be a great entry point into fantasy for those who might be intimidated by the big name Fantasy series.
Overall, I don’t think it’s as fantastic or terrible as people are saying. It’s just okay. *shrug*
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent and Grief
Military propaganda that’s clumsily challenging at the very end. The world the character lives in has the features of an imperialism, but functions like a military dictatorship. While it has a lot of diversity in the characters, especially the normalization of sign language, it feels incongruent with the structure of the government and way the society so willing accepts the death of countless young people for not being “strong enough” to survive training.headinthepages'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
5.0
What an excellent fantasy novel. EXCELLENT.
The characters are brilliant, the world building is done so smoothly and in a way that doesn’t overwhelm but builds such a good picture.
The romance is exceptional with brilliant chemistry and then some excellent spicy (open door) scenes.
The friendships & family in this book are so good, and the plot itself is extremely engaging, entertaining and suspenseful without being info dumpy.
I highly recommend this to anyone who loves fantasy & romance & dragons. It gave me a little bit of a divergent vibe but this is way better!
Bring on book 2!!!!!
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Ableism, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and War
dolores_madil'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Animal death, Cursing, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcohol and Drug use