Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

28 reviews

bluestockinglaura's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

jessdrafahl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

Freya was kind of an annoying character sometimes with her petulant attitude all the time whilst simultaneously ignoring every opportunity she had to have her own freedom, but I feel like the story did a good job of explaining exactly why Freya is like that. In the next book(s) I'm sure we'll get to see her come to terms with herself and finally figure out how to carve her own destiny. I love how each character has their own flaws and deep characterization. A lot of love went into this story and the characters in it. They're all very believable and interesting to read. I need the sequel already.

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Content Warnings

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

kaneebli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, War, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

kgreer's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.25

If you liked the video games … Skyrim or God of War, you may like this world based in Norse mythology!

My review:
I loved the setup of the book so much and was ready to give it at-least a 4.5 or better. However, I felt like the plot started to diverge into a different style. I think I know what the author was going for regarding the development of Freya (the main female character) but it started to feel weird and rushed. I think this honestly just comes down to preference so if I meet someone who loves reading and those aforementioned video games, I will still recommend the book. The ending was shocking, I will still probably read the second book especially to see how Freya evolves.

Please read the content warnings and my additional description!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, War, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

The female main character has feelings for a man who happens to be the son of the King she is forced to marry. So technically, a stepmother in love with her stepson, although it’s complicated.

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, War, Misogyny, Grief, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Story fell flat for me unfortunately. I saw so many great 4-5 star reviews about this book which hyped me up to start my first Danielle L. Jensen book, especially since her bridge kingdom series has been on my radar/tbr for a while. The Norse mythology retelling is what intrigued me the most because it’d be my first book with this type of background within a fantasy setting.  Yet once I got into it, the story and the characters were just meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, War, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Abandonment, Blood, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? Yes

3.0

I liked the beginning, got frustrated in the middle, and didn't like the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Excrement, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gore, Domestic abuse, and War

thewitchykitty's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Animal death, War, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

wickeddelights's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Hooooo boy.
I read this book in a matter of days.
Danielle has always been someone I would gladly recomend when it comes to books with romantic tension, and this book was genuinely a masterclass in banter. I was hooked from beginning to end, and the wait until the second book comes out is already agonizing, and I finished the book less than five minutes ago.
5 Stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Colonisation, and Death of parent

bea__reads's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

This book had a strong start but fizzled out after the axe-throwing scene. 
I disliked both main characters and the book overall was trying too hard to fit certain tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny