Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

46 reviews

emmahe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence and War

there’s a scene written as a flashback where a vampire boyfriend can’t contain himself during sex and nearly kills the human girlfriend. it was about blood but could be triggering as sexual violence. please be safe!

immdanii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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: Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Animal cruelty, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Torture, and Rape

frolickingandfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Cursing and Animal death

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this fantasy with romance. The pace was brilliant, the scene setting was great, and I loved the plot & characters.

The only reason it’s not a 5 star is that I would have loved a bit more background on the different houses & magic systems but it is in no way lacking and doesn’t confuse the story!

I love Oraya and her story, I love the enemies to lovers trope and chosen one trope too! The challenges faced by her were cruel and relentless and I loved reading about a feisty human woman fighting against the odds!

The ending was brilliant and I can’t wait to start book 2!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Vomit, War, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, and Rape

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Wow this book. The first 25% felt slow, probably because vampires are not my favorite fantasy concept, but then I read the rest of the book in less than 24 hours. This is high fantasy and my brain had a little bit of a hard time wrapping itself around everything for the first part because I wasn’t in the mood I think, but I enjoyed it thoroughly even when it felt a little slow. I loved the magic system and politics, as well as the culture of the entire country. It was well thought out and intriguing to learn about. I appreciated all of the characters’ motivations and found lots of depth in the characters too. The last 80 pages gutted me 😭 it was such an emotional whirlwind. My feelings are so complicated about how it all ended, which is the mark of a well-written and complex book that I am still thinking about. I have no idea where the second book will go but I need to read it asap!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, and Self harm

rais's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Murder, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm and Toxic relationship

zarhara'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, War, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

asipofcozy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

My mind is absolutely blown. I went into this with very low expectations - as I do with all hyped books. I didn't want to get my hopes up in a book that had been advertised as a steamy fantasy romance. Which lately when you see those labels on books, it means very little to the plot and world building and more focus on the s*x and romance. 

However, was VERY surprised. While the romance and tension was there this was a slow burn with world building and plot at the forefront. I really enjoyed the characters, the trials, and my god that ending blew me out of the water.

Book 2 here I come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Self harm, Death of parent, Torture, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

lovejasmine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

This was honestly such a brilliant,inventive and fun read. it was so refreshing, I only wish there had been more diversity in the main cast of characters rather than just the periphery, and that there was more detail in some aspects - but, really, the book was so incredible even without these things. It yanked me out of my reading slump SO hard, and I'm just going to abandon my other reads and go binge the rest of the books in this universe now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Death of parent