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akswhy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Sexual violence
celestecurls'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Animal death
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Child death, and Cursing
yannas_books's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual content
No. Too much scandalous material in this read. I washed my eyes out with bleach.yriax's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Blood, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Child death
ghostless'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content
I have no idea what happened in the first like 100 pages but I really really like the slow burn and connections you get at the end of the bookali_k0'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: Death of parent, Sexual content, Colonisation, Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, and War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, and Abandonment
Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, and Infidelity
acbwalsh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The potential for a good story is there, but both protagonists are annoying in their own special way and the plot is a liiiitle too thin, I was able to put most of the pieces together quickly. The constant flip flopping gets a little annoying, and also makes it hard to remember everything, especially after a break. The characters are just… FLAT and not very well written. The worldbuilding is both over and underdeveloped, since the magic system is fairly clean but I could not for the life of me place where Eliana was in time. I was shocked when someone pulled a gun. Lots of potential, but I think it’s being lost to unbearable characters.
Moderate: Sexual content
itisnatal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual content, and Death
kathrynleereads'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? It's complicated
4.5
“Some say the Queen was frightened in her last moments, but I like to think that she was angry.”
Furyborn follows Rielle and Eliana, two powerful women living 1,000 years apart as they find themselves facing the same enemy and facing the same prophecy.
“You will know this time by the rise of two human Queens-one of blood, and one of light. One with the power to save the world. One with the power to destroy it.“
Right off the bat, Furyborn’s prologue is a work of art. Just those few pages filled me with enough intrigue that I would’ve suffered if need be, through the next 400 pages just to find the answers to my many, many questions.
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Eliana - Eliana is an incredibly frustrating character, and I spent most of the book wanting to scream for her to forgo her trust issues. Despite this, however, I love Eliana. She is spunky, badass, and not afraid of a fight.
Audric - While Audric is very likable, I don’t find him any more unique than most male love interests. He is very capable, strong, and kind, but also a tad too cookie-cutter for me.
Ludivine - I’m not sure there’s been a more kind-hearted, genuine being to ever live. Ludivine made me smile every time she appeared on the page and her loyalty to both Rielle and Audric just melts my heart.
Remy - Remy is Eliana’s moral compass. Whether she listens to him or not, he stands his ground and is usually right.
Simon - I honestly don’t know what to think of Simon. I loved him more and more throughout the story but wasn’t able to get a good read on him beyond him being good and lovable.
Navi - The MVP in my humble opinion. Navi encompasses the idea of Found Family (more on that later) and is there for Eliana exactly when she needs it. Similar to Ludivine, I couldn’t get enough of her on the page.
Honorable Mentions
Zahra - A late addition to this cast of characters, but mentionable nonetheless. I’m hoping we learn more of Zahra’s story in the coming books.
Evyline - She isn’t a main character, but I love the friendship she and Rielle are beginning to develop.
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Found Family
Eliana has her mother, Remy, and Harkan, and is now slowly letting Navi and Simon in.
Seeing this type of trusting and loyal relationship warms my heart every time I see it on a page. Found Family is one of my favorite things (is this a trope?) to see in books, and Legrand did not disappoint in Furyborn.
Inclusivity
Patrik and Hob were mentioned to be married but were then developed as individual characters instead of as an LGBTQ couple.
Eliana is either bisexual or pansexual, which was sprinkled in here and there throughout the story so far. She and Harkan also seem to have an open relationship instead of a monogamous one, which is something I haven't seen often (or at all now that I think about it).
I feel as if inclusion like this is either the main topic of a book, or an author throws it in very obviously as an attempt to be inclusive without actually knowing how to write the characters/relationship.
It was very refreshing to see these relationships mentioned, but not forced (as it should be).
Sex positivity
In my opinion, Furyborn is incredibly sex-positive both generally and in the way Legrand addresses women's sexuality.
Rielle is immediately provided contraceptive tonic by Ludivine, again without any recourse beyond the possible rumors about the affair.
Eliana would sleep with contacts to get jobs and information, and Navi entered the Maidensfold as a spy to smuggle information back to her home country.
Sex is not viewed as something holy or sacred like it often is both in stories and in real life, but merely as a means to an end or a source of pleasure. The lack of focus on it is refreshing.
Worldbuilding
Most books have a lot of worldbuilding up front, and then it tapers off throughout the book as we become more familiar with the world.
In Furyborn, however, I felt as if the worldbuilding mounted as the story went on. I believe that this was in part because Rielle herself was a part of the world that was being built in Eliana’s story.
Not too much about Rielle could be revealed at once, as there were things that readers still needed to find out about her themselves, instead of through the history known during Eliana’s time.
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Overall, Furyborn was a rollercoaster of emotions that I would be more than happy to ride again. Everything from the characters to the world-building to the ever-racing plot was exquisite.
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
dariusmortee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Rielle was an okay character. She could become interesting. Eliana is infuriating. She’s so edgy but feels guilty for everything. Even things she shouldn’t feel guilty for. I think Eliana should end up with Navi, which could be an interesting and healthy relationship, but am willing to bet my next book budget that she will end up in a toxic relationship with Simon. I didn’t give a single shit about Audric and Ludivine has no character until the last 100 pages.
I hope the rest of this series will be better…
Moderate: Sexual content