Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

371 reviews

mnstucki's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

ksmith_23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sweetasicecream's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

This was fine. I only read it because I was sick with the flu and Libby had the audiobook available for immediate borrow. It definitely did not need to be this long. I was a bit shocked at the twists at the end

we all knew Jack was shady and not gonna change, but rip xaden for taking one for the team

and the world building got a bit more interesting but if the next book is more than 500 pages, I'm gonna give it a miss (from the library) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

pagesbycaroline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I've re-written this review a few times because I keep remembering things that are worth mentioning. I've also changed my rating twice and decided that a 3 is the closest I can give it to my true feelings.

I enjoyed the plot, but the characters bother me. Violet holds petty grudges and asks too much of Xaden, but when he actually gives her what she asks for, it isn't enough for her. They have the same argument about a dozen times throughout the book and never resolve it. There were many plot points that felt unnecessary and were underdeveloped. Also, the ending felt predictable and lackluster. I honestly was not surprised by it, and I won't be waiting on the edge of my seat for the next one. The writing style is, as many others have said, like a poorly written YA novel. It honestly read like bad fanfiction to me at times. I enjoyed the story and will read the next one, but I hope it gets better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and War

veronyqueso's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-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

5.0

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK!! The story is full of drama, interesting characters, and continues seamlessly from Fourth Wing (dare I say it’s way better than Fourth Wing). 

I love when Cat is introduced and my favorite part of the story is when Cat challenges Violet on the mat. I literally wanted to be Violet in the ring. Also the reveal with Andarna is SHOCKING. I’m so excited to read the next book when it comes out and figure out how everything is resolved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and War

schoerti's review

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lafe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

meg53's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Absolutely loved this with my whole heart and it's now in my top five but it also absolutely destroyed me 😂

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

indigo_fox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Things started off a bit slow with this book but the story was great!! I was often hooked and unable to put it down. I LOVE the characters, especially the dragons. Although, Violet and Xaden did stress me out a lot in this book. I also wish I could have seen more of the side characters. I feel as if the side characters didn't get as much time to shine as they did in the previous book. 

I'm looking forward to the next book in the series! Although I don't know how I'm going to survive the wait, it's so far away...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail