Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

263 reviews

liaantje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

I read this together with my sister in law, we had so much fun, the writing is awesome, and we've already ordered the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

escsmith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This has a lot of potential but I don't think it quite reaches that. The story is good but it needs more editing in my opinion. 
There needed to be more world building to help us understand why the Nightborns are at war, why does this tournament exist and so many other details. The author uses world specific phrases and terms but never explains them. 
The twists and turns are interesting and I like the romance. There is mystery, and since we only know as much as Oraya information is revealed in pieces keeping you engaged. Raihn is a great love interest with all the banter. (I knew who he was supposed to be so early on though.)
I will read the second book but I am hoping for more. 

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Content Warnings

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

aj_langley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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: Rape, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

anonymous_user's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

This book wasn’t the best writing (though not the worst either), but it had an interesting and exciting plot that kept me going, and the romance really made you feel it and feel invested & butterflies. It’s the first book in a while that really succeeded in doing that for me (similar to acotar though not quite at that level). I really liked how consent and safety were so emphasized in the romance, and in a way that felt like it fit the story. I was going to give it 4.75 stars for the romance, but knocked it down to 4.5 because

Raihn’s comments, actions and character shift/reveal at the end really made me hate him even if I understand some of the motives. There could have been a better way. The things he said about rape, there’s no coming back from fully in my mind. In addition to killing her father in front of her! I want to go back to before he said them, and I think that Oraya accepted him too quickly even if she was still skeptical

. The tension between love/hate of Vincent and Oraya was more well done in my opinion, and I appreciated that Oraya lived in the shades of gray instead of all hating or all loving/forgiving him.

I will read the next book but not sure how the relationship can be redeemed…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

freshaircure's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

jkschumm17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Death of parent

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

xtsukix's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

This book made me ugly cry. I loved every single part of this, although sometimes with equal hatred towards the end. Super curious how the sequel is going to play out with this dynamic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol