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Exodus by Kate Stewart

20 reviews

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

Exodus starts out where Flock ends. Enemies to lovers. 

She spent half of the book in a toxic relationship with Tobias and then the second half grovelling and begging for Tobias to take her back, blowing up her present life in the process. What I find really frustrating is her complete lack of growth and maturity. Six years later and she is still acting the same way she did when she was 19. Yes, she is pretty badass when it comes to her work, but she becomes a puddle around anyone in the Ravenhood. You would think that within that 6 years, she could have done some work on herself instead of just shoving it all down and ignoring it.

I appreciate that we finally figure out what the hell has been going on and get some background to the Ravenhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

jen1804's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

This book is about 30 pages of answers and 400 pages of crap. I don’t know how this gets as many 4 and 5 star ratings as it does!?!?!?!? The number of times I wanted to DNF this book… absolute waste of my time.
I can’t understand how an author can write so many words and yet tell the reader nothing? This book is chaotic, repetitive, overly dramatic and all the characters are so angry and hostile all the time. It’s so poorly written that half the time I’ve not got a clue WHY they’re so angry because the whole thing is so evasive and their extreme emotions are rarely explained. The first 70% of this book is 100% a 1 star, it’s boring and the one bit of action which passes for interesting again doesn’t make sense at the time and what follows is more evasiveness, gahhhhh. All the relationships explored in this book are so toxic and the FMC is so pathetic, whiny and dislikable. It gains a 0.5 because at least I got given some answers at the end of this book to help explain what the hell has been going on. It has left me feeling as though the entirety of book one was redundant though and I’m not left satisfied with how it ends but I shall not be reading book three.
Satisfactory ending? Nope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, and Vomit

ecravens's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

janzenriley'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

bookedupchick's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

“I know you…because you know me, and it’s here, in this place that we recognized we’ve known each other all along.” ❤️‍🩹

This FREAKING BOOK. I have emotional whiplash. I experienced ALL THE EMOTIONS. I hated them all and then I grieved for them all and then I freaking LOVED them all. I have loved so deeply and my heart just aches thinking about it. My dark cloud 🖤 😭😭😭

Read this if you like ⤵️

🤫 Secrets
❤️‍🩹 Emotional Reads
⚔️ Enemies To Lovers
2️⃣ Second Chance
👥 Forced Proximity
🌀 Lots of Plot Twists
📚 Trilogy — Book 2

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶🌶/5

Exodus by Kate Steward
The Ravenhood Series Book 2

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Cancer

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book is pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, War, and Violence

Minor: Abortion and Child abuse

kinsilee's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sdemo08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The second part of this series has left me beyond distraught. I'm beginning to think I'm as much of a masochist as the main characters.

The amount of back and forth pull Kate Stewart is able to believably place between these relationships kept me reeling, frantically turning pages. 

At no point did I anticipate what would happen next. I have never enjoyed suspense nor the roller coaster of emotions I experienced before this journey. 

I have laughed, glared, and cried. I have been frustrated, thankful, and heartbroken.

Now onto the third!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Blood

oliviafaye's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

jasirepe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence