ashleynp24 's review for:

The Bond That Burns by Briar Boleyn

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I get the push and pull between Medra and Blake but also she’s kind of an idiot to repeatedly go and sleep with him when he’s still kinda being an ass. He even betrays what he knows her wishes would be at the end with tricking Nyxaris. Obviously Florence is gonna live. I feel bad for Visha tbh after Lace got killed and I can’t believe after all of that with Aenia they killed her off at the end so quickly. Really hope Viktor is actually dead and I bet Orcades will resurface. I’d be shocked if she didn’t considering the 3 got away on her back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War