Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

289 reviews

booksanna's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

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It was ok. The plot was interesting but the things in between felt like too much information and filler. Sex scenes weren’t written well. For the first 200 pages you are confused, and for the nest pages you contunde to be confused but now with more information. I really wanted to know Howe the story ends, so o went through all these pages. It’s ok., not my cup of tea. It’s probably one of the better books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, War

peachies's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous funny tense 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: Complicated

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a typical smutty fantasy book - this time with vampires, wolf-men, and more vampires! funny diaglouge between characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent

hq_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny fast-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 think the characters were really well rounded and Poppy is a strong female lead. This was a quick read, I kept wanting to read more. I’m interested to see where the story goes in future books, it seems like there’s a complex history within the plot which I’m looking forward to learning more about. I just loved the relationship between Poppy and Hawke. Their flirty banter was perfect - the scenes involving the diary of Willa Colyns had me laughing so much! Good level of spice as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

jennyburchtree's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I liked this book. I kept wanting to know more and enjoyed the way the story progressed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

alliebelle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

xtsukix's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Ending had me laughing, what part of

proposing when there’s like 6 dead men staked to a wall

is romantic ahahahaha. Also there was so little consent the entire last part of the book was kinda rapey - v much not my vibe ty i like my consent explicit and repeated, and not given under the influence of magical seduction teeth sucking. 
Didn’t hate this though, plot twist was clear from basically the beginning of the book, but was still fun to see it unleash. Poppy’s reactions following the reveal were bizarre though, I don’t think I would have acted the same way (although luckily I’ll never have to find out). Yeah I’d read the next one, phuckit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

kerttuli's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Racism, Death of parent

xlivinglikejen's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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The writing wasn’t my favorite but I liked the story overall. Found myself sneaking in chapters whenever I could. I probably wouldn’t start exploring the genre with this series though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

anapthine's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, War

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent

kaylahcc's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent