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beebowbabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, and War
katerinovaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I loved the storyline and I really wanna read the second book but I'm not a fan of angst. Was it slightly cringy at times? Yes. But I didn't mind at all. The smut was pretty vanilla but I liked their connection and desire. So if you just wanna read comforting hard vampire smut then this is not a book for you.
Issa is so badass I freaking love her. And as Adrian said: "I like my wife and her knives."
"What if I miss the sun?"
"Then I will find it for you."
I cried my eyes out in the first 50 pages ngl. 😂 Even though it was insta-lust, the slow-burn was so slow I was scared I'll have to wait till the second book.
Tropes:
🩸orgasmic bites (not used between MCs unfortunately.)
🩸one horse
🩸enemies to lovers
🩸fated mates
🩸forced marriage
🩸witches, vampires, monsters
🩸disrespect my queen and DIE (unless she kills you first)
Trigger warnings:
JEALOUSY - it's there all the fucking time. He says he's not interested but his behavior is sure questionable. However, there is no cheating.
burning alive
sword fights, gore
alcohol (wine, mentioned)
death of a parent
death of a loved one
Killian has anger issues and grabs her once, bruising her arm. Adrian is NOT impressed.
betrayal - NOT between MCs
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol
mycutykoala's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Alcohol
julienicole1106's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
karapillar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol
negs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Slavery
lovebexdeath's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Maybe I'm just really into trashy romance novels recently but I fucking loved this book. It feels like this is what a condensed version of JLA's From Blood and Ash would have been without
It was interesting coming to this after having read A Touch of Darkness because the writing style was so much different and engaging. To me it seems like Scarlett St. Clair really found her voice in this story, and I can't wait to read the second one in December!
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, and Alcohol
thea_rem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book delivered on the smutty part. On the romance part, not so much. I didn’t really see anything beyond sexual attraction between these characters but then they declare love for each other? Did I miss anything?
I liked the idea of an enemies-to-lovers romance but they were never really enemies. She’s just shipped of to his kingdom and has to adjust.
But I enjoyed her attitude. She knows who she is, a princess who rules not only with words and compliments but with her fists and weapons as well. She’s badass. She takes no shit from anyone. Not even from citizens form a foreign kingdom she’s now supposed to rule. No, she stands her ground like a real queen. For anyone else it would have seems unnatural but she has been a princess for her whole life and was supposed to follow her father on the throne.
The book reminded me of From Blood and Ash from time to time. The vampires, walled of villages, a protagonist who doesn’t know the truth, the absence of any explanation from other characters…
At least Poppy asked question after question. Isolde just accepts that nobody tells her shit.
And than the sexual tension. It was there from the beginning and I get that. They are attracted to each other. What I didn’t appreciate was how Isolde never wanted to act on it but did anyway? Girl, you don’t have to if you don’t want to!
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: War
Minor: Alcohol
golden_like_dior'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
kinsportch's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Child death and Alcohol