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qcupquake's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
4.9/5
- THIS BOOK WAS FANTASTIC
- a fantasy enemies to lovers
- vampires
- literally a perfect book for me
- hated the long chapters
- loved the plot twists
- god i love this book sm
- ruvan>>>>>
- THIS BOOK WAS FANTASTIC
- a fantasy enemies to lovers
- vampires
- literally a perfect book for me
- hated the long chapters
- loved the plot twists
- god i love this book sm
- ruvan>>>>>
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent
chelsreid1's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Slavery, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Racism, Classism, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Death, Hate crime, Murder, War, Gaslighting, and Sexual content
forgottencupoftea's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
• vampires, curse, prophecy
• dark-ish atmosphere
• strong lore and worldbuilding
• found family vibes + enemies to lovers romance
Though I'm not really into vampire books anymore (long gone are the days when Twilight made up most of my personality), I still wanted to read/give this one a shot as I really liked the two previous books in this series/set in this world. The other two were great, this one was not it for me.
The setting, the worldbuilding, the lore at play are great. But, the overall feeling is that the book was too long: there was a lot of "down" time and a lot of unnecessary narration, I don't need to know every single one of the narrator's thoughts nor all the step involved in the forging of weapons. In my opinion, the whole thing dragged and the book would have benefited from being shorter. I'm usually a rather fast reader, yet it took me most of September to finish this one. And I finished it by skimming the last third.
I also struggled forming any sort of attachment to the characters, I ended up not really caring about them. The romance wasn't really cutting it either. There was definitely some sort of passion burning between the two of them but that's it?
Lastly, the plot. It was all set very nicely and in an intricate way, and then the resolution was quick and easy. The solution to the curse was "too" easily guessed by the characters.
• dark-ish atmosphere
• strong lore and worldbuilding
• found family vibes + enemies to lovers romance
Though I'm not really into vampire books anymore (long gone are the days when Twilight made up most of my personality), I still wanted to read/give this one a shot as I really liked the two previous books in this series/set in this world. The other two were great, this one was not it for me.
The setting, the worldbuilding, the lore at play are great. But, the overall feeling is that the book was too long: there was a lot of "down" time and a lot of unnecessary narration, I don't need to know every single one of the narrator's thoughts nor all the step involved in the forging of weapons. In my opinion, the whole thing dragged and the book would have benefited from being shorter. I'm usually a rather fast reader, yet it took me most of September to finish this one. And I finished it by skimming the last third.
I also struggled forming any sort of attachment to the characters, I ended up not really caring about them. The romance wasn't really cutting it either. There was definitely some sort of passion burning between the two of them but that's it?
Lastly, the plot. It was all set very nicely and in an intricate way, and then the resolution was quick and easy. The solution to the curse was "too" easily guessed by the characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
rodes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
jjenkins's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
Great read, love this whole series. This book had very different plot themes than the other books in the series and I LOVED it. Great enemies to lovers, badass female lead, and mystery.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death
dkgreads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Loved all of the fairytale elements in this slow burn, enemies to lovers romance! Have to give it to Miss Kova, I did NOT figure out the whole curse thing before the reveal *slow clap*. I do wish the enemies to lovers part would have been a little less wishy washy, but I really enjoyed the lore of the vampir (see what I did there? IYKYK) and how Floriane was a badass blacksmith.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
carolibrary's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
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