Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

35 reviews

emmahe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Religious bigotry, Violence, Torture, Abandonment, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Child death

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

Some of the dialogue at the beginning  was cringey and awkward, but that went away.

The ending clearly sets up Blood & Honey, but is satisfying enough for Serpent & Dove to be a stand-alone book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Sexual content, Death, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, and Child abuse

maxima5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

martharosen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Blood

mythical_molly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the book that got me back into reading. It is a beautiful star-crossed slow-burn enemies-to-lovers love story. The relationship is so well written that at some point in the book, you're probably going to sit back for a second and think "hey wait when did they develop feelings for each other?" but it feels so natural and so right that it just fits, and I think that's a testament to how well-written the slow burn is. All in all, this is a fantastic story with twists and turns that will always keep you guessing. Could not recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Self harm, and Sexual content