Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

5 reviews

agw622's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted 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

3.75

It's a fun read. It's gotta superhero vibes that are cool. I could see something similar in a DC comic. The romance is interesting, and I'm curious to see where it goes in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War and Grief

noetical's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? No

5.0

Great both times I’ve read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

kiala's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Cover photo is more steamy than the book. Cover gives the impression that the book is strong on steamy, but it is actually a good fantasy book. The few stramy scenes are clothes on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Addiction, Grief, and Drug abuse

threeundertwopnw's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The prose doesn't always flow well,  and character descriptions are odd at times. It takes a while for the plot to start moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Violence

cluckieduck's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Rogan, Rogan, Rogan. They don't call him Mad Rogan for nothing - I'm really going to enjoy getting to know this psychopath further. And Nevada? What a fantastically headstrong female lead - I want to be her when I grow up.

Now, I must say - this cover is truly awful. I thought I'd read that this was supposed to be PNR, but it's much more in line with Urban Fantasy, fraught with sexual tension but very little spice. There are some parallels & similar tropes to the Kate Daniels  series but, dare I say I think I may enjoy Nevada more?? Only time will tell. It's everything I want to kick off a new series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Drug use, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Torture, Classism, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content