Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

288 reviews

emmmaustin's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

_camlam's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Has any male character in this book ever heard of « consent » ?
Will read book 2 out of curiosity in case they grow more respectful and loveable…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment

tudyfrudy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Even seeing the twist coming I loved it. So happy with this book and can't wait for the rest 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

jevette15's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-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: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

ginniereads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, War

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense 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: Yes

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There’s enemies to lovers and then there’s romanticizing Stockholm syndrome. I fear Blood and Ash might be the latter. 

In the spirit of optimism, I’m giving this 3 stars. There were parts of the book that had me invested and I do feel the series has potential. The political dynamics driving the story are interesting, but the romance?? Problematic on several levels!! So jury’s still out on whether or not I will be carrying on with this series. I don't know how to feel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

aekaitz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark medium-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: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

amtron's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Slow beginning and middle and yes, too much monologuing, but I was delighted by the direction and pickup at the end. Enjoyable baddies and dark world buiding. Has the young maiden trope but I found it forgivable because it was relevent to the plot and monster type. Armentrout is much better at writing spicy scenes than a certain dragon rider author...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Child death, War

Minor: Stalking, Death of parent

ladyrambo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Holy smokes!!  This was an amazing book to jumpstart a new series after getting through the Sarah J Mass-verse!  The book is a little slow to start, but it’s written that way to understand the setting and the way the world turns for the FMC.

And similarly to the books of the Sarah J Maas-verse, when the switch is flipped, the pages cannot be turned fast enough!!  I absolutely can’t wait to read the next one!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment

Minor: Torture, Death of parent

haleyfaye4's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-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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There’s some clunky writing, especially at the beginning, but the plot and the sexual tension and banter make up for that for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent