cagneynicole18's reviews
29 reviews

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is your sign to get a physical copy of this book and the graphic audio. I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting.

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

5 ⭐️ - smut
4 ⭐️ - characters (only because of Kenzo and Diesel)
2 ⭐️ - writing
2 ⭐️ - plot (if we're rounding up)
0 ⭐️ - morals

This story did NOT need to be 600 pages lmao. I got the audiobook at some point and I felt like the book was never gonna end 😫. Almost crashed out when I heard the reader say " epilogue". Like noooo set me free 😭. If the idea of a girl getting fucked with the hilt of a knife while the guy enjoys having to repeatedly stab himself to do so interests you then this story if for you ig
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent

Down To Earth, Season 1 by Pookie Senpai

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

Thoroughly enjoyed this series and the world Rachel built within these pages. The only reason why I wouldn't give it 5 starts is because I found myself wishing that some of the characters had better interactions in this series and others I wished we saw more of in the book. Although I loved the characters individually, I don't think there was enough time to feel attached to many of them. I was much more invested in where the story was going rather than the characters themselves or a balance of the two. This series was great as a duology but would have been incredible if it were longer and we (or maybe just me 😭) could really be invested in the characters.

Spoiler(ish) opinions:
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Meeting Elspeth's mom should have been a much larger deal than it actually was???? Like everyone thought she was dead and all of a sudden she's just there and then we never see her again after that.

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Personally, if either of my younger brothers where gonna die at any given moment and I'm fighting just to save them, I'  be a lot kinder to them. I didn'treally like how Emory was sometimes treated in these books. And it always seemed to happen in unprovoked moments. Idk I caught a bit of an ick whenever it happened.

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Hot take: This series really should have just been Raven's story. I personally wasn't all that attached to Elspeth by the end of book one, then she wasn't in 90% of this book (understanably so), and the last line of the book was about how she was the author... girl bye it was Ravyn but okay 😭

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5