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chasinggrace's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
4.75
This book reminded me of how I felt for the first half of Heir of Fire, or during Kingdom of Ash. Our cast is split up from the beginning, and that made it hard to be motivated to read the story. Plus, we’re introduced to an entirely new set of characters, seemingly out of nowhere.
However, once I was hooked, I was hooked.
reading about Tisaanah’s and Max’s experience in Zeryth’s war was what I thought the entire book would be about. Boy was I WRONG. the introduction of Aefe and the entire Fey storyline was intriguing and confusing and made no sense until the 80% mark but when it DID, it all fucking clicked. Also, Caduan being ALIVE??? Ishqa’s betrayal??? There were so many times in the last 25% of this book where my jaw was on the floor.
Also - Nura? Yeah, FUCK her. I felt so much sympathy for her during her POV chapter but that all fucking shattered when I realized what she did to Max. What she said about Max during his trial. Where she put him. That bitch is INSANE.
The entire world is about to feel Tisaanah’s wrath and I am so ready for it.
However, once I was hooked, I was hooked.
Also - Nura? Yeah, FUCK her. I felt so much sympathy for her during her POV chapter but that all fucking shattered when I realized what she did to Max. What she said about Max during his trial. Where she put him. That bitch is INSANE.
The entire world is about to feel Tisaanah’s wrath and I am so ready for it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
izzyreadswhilequilting's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I wish I knew how to dnf a book or series. This is just so freaking sad. In the world today, with everything going on, this book is like a constant gut punch.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail