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magicalmegija's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Murder, Misogyny, Bullying, Death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Death of parent
crinkledmochi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
The bullying is just insane though, and no one bats an eye.
The tokenism of Diego is too much as well… why is the Spanglish so terrible.
Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Bullying
Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, and Addiction
Minor: Classism, Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent
silverrae's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Sexual content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder
lestie4short's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.5
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, War, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Torture
zabeishumanish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The story isn't a romance, despite romantic elements (bully romance specifically), the book ends on a cliffhanger with no happy relationships in the book.
There are a ton of consent issues in this book. While none of those issues are around sex, the twins have no bodily autonomy whenever a vampire decides to feed on them and no mental autonomy in terms of the coercion magic, and emotional manipulation from the sirens. These consent issues being brushed off as part of the fae power structure makes sense in the world-building but has the potential to be more triggering than direct violation of sexual consent.
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Body horror, and Bullying
arys_library's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Bullying
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual content, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Murder, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
zanazy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Perhaps this says too much about my upbringing and life experience yet I’ll admit, I didn’t find the bullying to be off putting and it was not until the end that I felt its impact. That said, there is a ton of bullying done through the whole book so if that’s not your thing… be warned. It’s beyond mean girls and crosses a lot of lines. Physical and emotional bullying/abuse is hard to read and there is a lot in this story. Underneath the bullying there is some plot driven acts that add to the mystery.
I haven’t read much on this series, but already, I have some theories and suspicious people that I don’t think are supposed to be obvious…yet. We’ll see how that goes.
The Vega sisters are walking contradictions and frustrate me… especially because they walk right into too many traps that are screaming DON’T. Their sisterly bond and love for each other is admirable and one of my favorite parts. For that alone, and the fact that deep down they care about others they consider friends/allies keeps me rooting for them.
The boys are all a**hol**. Yet, I can’t help but feel some of them are not wholly corrupt… more to come there I suppose.
Ok so on to my theories….
- Caleb truly cares for Tory
- Seth cares for Darcy?
- Orion cares for Darcy
- Diego is sus and may be a harpy?
- Diego spiked the drinks but Sofia foiled his plan and is working with the harpies
The book ends on a cliffhanger but it’s not a I will die if I don’t find out what it is. The setup is there to have an uphill climb until the Reckoning during which we’ll know if the Vega girls can survive. The series is long so I imagine that is only Act 1.
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, and Death of parent
solinel7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Because the magic system is so cool and I can't wait to find out more.
Loving the twins (I wanna know why people hate them).
Hating the Heirs (I wanna know why people like them).
The Heirs have to have some redeeming qualities but so far I see nothing.
How do you fall in love with your bully?
I'm thinking of getting to book3 and then go back and read the guys' POV books.
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Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent and Car accident
sam_gartley91's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Bullying
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Car accident
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content