Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

289 reviews

iamelle's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent

shejustwantstodance's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape

sami_leigh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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🗡 First person POV (Penellaphe) 
🗡 First is a series of 7, with a spin-off series (neither are complete)
🗡 Fantasy
🗡 Easy to follow World Building
🗡 Forbidden romance
🗡 Enemies to lovers
🗡 Forced proximity
🗡 Tension and BANTER 👌🏻
🗡 Nickname
🗡 Sex positive, consent culture
🗡 Strong female lead with a lot of personal growth (Poppy serves BDE from day 1 🙌🏻)
🗡 Well established secondary characters
🗡 For fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses 🥀 

⚠️ Childhood trauma, death of a parent, grief, violence, torture, injury detail, emotional abuse and captivity, toxic relationships.

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“With my sword and with my life, I vow to keep you safe, Penellaphe,” he spoke, voice deep and smooth, reminding me of rich, decadent chocolate. “From this moment until the last moment, I am yours.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, War

emilynied's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny 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: Complicated

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I honestly really enjoyed this. I listened to the audiobook (which is amazingly narrated) and I honestly at times found myself grinning or blushing. The world building is good, it happens over time so it never feels like there’s an “info dump” really. Unraveling the mysteries is somewhat easy, but still entertaining. And the connections between the characters is really engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide

Minor: Stalking

veskumelooni's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Death of parent

kaylamoran's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 59%

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I hated the writing style.  I hated the romance.  I don't understand the world building.  This just absolutely did not work for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

marisa_n's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, War

kjperry97's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I am not one who stays up late reading but this one kept me up! The first 400 pages were rather slow or medium paced but the last 200 pages I could not put down!!! Granted sometimes hawke comes across a little yucky, I loved the playful banter btw him and poppy. I love fantasy romance and this one kept me going. I panic ordered a copy of the second book from my local book store when I was about 2-3 chapters from finishing this one because I KNEW I was going to be left needing more. And I was right because the last chapter of the book left me wanting more. Like immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Death of parent