Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Fated Throne by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

12 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Such an emotional ride. A good chunk of this book is just PAIN but there are some lighthearted moments to get me through. I just wanted to hug everyone and let them be happy. I went from raging to crying to laughing to gasping. I can’t wait for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Cursing, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, War, Classism, Self harm, and Rape

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

i thought cursed fates was depressing but this installment was pretty much suffering the whole way through and none of them could catch a break. the last 20% got balls-to-the-wall insane and then they had that goofy avengers assemble ass scene but i was just so relieved at a reprieve from the endless sense of doom that i was eating it up. caroline and susanne will of course need to be dealt with for the other thing that happens in the last 20%, because if they commit to it i will have to bill them for my therapy. 4 months' worth at least.

the character development in this book was so good; all of them grow but seth, darcy, and darius specifically shocked me in a very good way. if i'm honest more seth + darcy than darius because he was stubborn about his stupid politics until pretty much the very end but i feel like he really turned a corner. i've never hated seth as much as i should've but he really improved in this book and made an effort to be a better person (not sure why but i'm not complaining) and darcy got the chance to step up and gain self confidence. she's always seemed pretty docile and amenable to a fault next to tory but she's shown she's not to be underestimated at all and i loved it so much; i knew she was capable of it and it's so satisfying i feel like a proud mother!!

i'm sure geraldine's dialogue is objectively way over the top but in the 800 pages of psychological torture i was just happy for something silly to amuse me so i didn't throw my phone at the wall. again the last 20% just got batshit crazy but i loved it; it felt like they were finally able to land a strike after so long waiting and preparing. on another note i really feel for xavier (i swear this is not girl hate but) i don't think sofia deserves him at all. she's really nice as a character otherwise but xavier deserves to have someone that cares about him as much as he cares about her and she doesn't really fit that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Genocide, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Rape

student/teacher relationship

selestre's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Genocide, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Grief, Medical content, War, and Addiction

faith99's review

adventurous dark lighthearted slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Rape

unicornofthesea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

_alyssar_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

briochebun's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

4.25 out of 5 ☆’s.

“It was time for the King and his army to fall. And the Vega Queens to rise.”

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To quote The Script: “I’m still alive, but I’m barely breathing.”

If I’m being honest — I don’t know if I have enough emotional energy in me to continue the series…

(I will be starting ”Heartless Sky” soon regardless, though, because if I take a break now then I just know that I will never gather up the courage to read it…)

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Wish me luck! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Torture, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Classism, War, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism

akblair's review against another edition

dark

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, and War

Moderate: Rape, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

sam019's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

Love this series so much. Super glad that it wasn't as depressing as the last couple books! I have no other works for this book other than the fact that I loved every page of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

charhollyx's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

I loved this book.
It was wholesome, it was hilarious, it was sad, it was heartbreaking.
I expected the ending to be much sadder than it actually was.

we saw a vision of Darius dying in one year when he sacrifices himself for Tory and his friends, which is sad of course, but that won’t hit me until it actually happens?

I loved the bonding of the Heirs with the twins this book. It started off heartbreaking and irritating, but after 20%, it picks back up again.
It could have been 100 or so pages shorter and the pacing is so bizarre that it’s funny, but damn do these sisters know how to write intense scenes!? And I personally love this world, so additional, albeit unnecessary pages I enjoyed.

the premise for book 7 sounds so exciting. Tory and Darius able to be together for a year, Tory free of the shadows and her bond, all of them on the run? I can sense more wholesome, bonding moments and equally badass ones incoming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse