Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

29 reviews

chelly_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, War, Grief, Blood, Gore, Murder, Medical content, and Violence

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

My only beef with this book is the magic, gods, and goddesses were not explained in much detail. Otherwise a nice wrap up to a good story. No there is no spice in this one either for those wondering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Torture

jessiemp2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, War, and Chronic illness

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Classism, and Vomit

tink2cma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Medical trauma

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Classism, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

kaitlynnnng's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Just like the first book, this was beautifully written, and I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Stalking, and War

Minor: Blood, Gun violence, Death of parent, Confinement, and Medical trauma

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

This was lovely. The story came all together in a massive crescendo and I enjoyed every moment of it. I’m going to miss Roman and Iris, but I’ll just keep mentally picturing them from the ending of this book and imagine all the wonderful events of the characters’ lives I’m sure followed this story. 💗

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, War, Medical content, Alcohol, Violence, Animal death, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Grief, and Murder

alamayhem_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

Rebecca Ross hit it out of the park again with this sequel! I absolutely loved this book, and she did an incredible job at continuing the story and elevating it even more. I loved being able to read more about Iris and Roman’s story, as well as getting to learn more about the war between the gods, and the character development of Dacre and Enva. 

I enjoyed the different perspectives we got in this book, as we got more insight into the world of Dacre and quite possibly what poor Forest had to go through when he went through a similar fate as Roman. I definitely hated Dacre so much hahaha, and at points I did find myself gravitating more towards Iris’ side of the story because I was just so sad that Roman was stuck in this terrible setting.

I did love the character development of the gods and getting to learn more about the history between Dacre and Enva.

It was kind of amazing to see how much power that Enva truly held over Dacre in the end.

I also loved that one chapter we got the POV of multiple side characters. That was a super interesting and enlightening part of the novel to include, and a different insight that we had never received before.

In the end, I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading Iris and Roman’s story, and I truly do not think there was much more Ross could have delivered in this duology. It had love, grief, enemies-to-lovers, tense moments, war, letters, magic, creatures, and so much more. This has definitely become one of my top duologies! I rate this book 5/5 stars! 🌟 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, and War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Violence

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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? No

4.0

On some level it's really funny that this book had a chance to re-do the worst thing about the first book,

the instant love between our protagonists

, and then chose to do the same exact thing again but even faster. There's also some groan-worthy exposition where it really doesn't make sense that the party in question would stop and willingly monologue. Lastly, this book engages in one of my least favorite tropes,

pair the spades - NO ONE can end this book without a lover!!!111 ugh

 

But... I love historical fantasy and what kept me enthralled in the first book was the up-close depictions of warfare. And there's plenty of warfare, spying, and tense action scenes in this sequel to keep me turning the pages. I'm now left hankering for another book series that blends non-magical warfare with a fantasy setting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Vomit, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Alcoholism