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Furyborn: Chapter Sampler (The Empirium Trilogy) by Claire Legrand
13 reviews
starlessnights's review against another edition
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Sexual content, and Trafficking
stormywolf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- 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
This book is one helluva ride. Switching between the perspectives of two formidable women, it was never easy to put this book down, and I loved it.
Read my full review at The Wolf's Den
I wouldn't call the ending a major cliffhanger, but there's definitely a lot still left to resolve. Rielle's story hasn't yet caught up to the prologue (and I assume not everything is as it seems), and there's a war on the horizon. And Eliana's story is veering off in a new direction entirely. If I didn't already love this book, I'd be pissed at it pulling me into another incomplete series. I eagerly await Ms. Legrand's next installment.
Read my full review at The Wolf's Den
I wouldn't call the ending a major cliffhanger, but there's definitely a lot still left to resolve. Rielle's story hasn't yet caught up to the prologue (and I assume not everything is as it seems), and there's a war on the horizon. And Eliana's story is veering off in a new direction entirely. If I didn't already love this book, I'd be pissed at it pulling me into another incomplete series. I eagerly await Ms. Legrand's next installment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Child death, and Trafficking
Minor: Infidelity, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Grief
There is an arranged marriage set to take place between first-cousins (royalty), but it doesn't happen in this bookkamariannamareads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
As an avid viewer of BookTok content (aka almost my entire FYP is about books), I’ll often have moments where I see books that are highly talked about or recommended and then request them from my library in a frenzy. Then, once I actually pick up the books, I have no clue what they’re actually about. That’s definitely what happened with Furyborn. I think the only reason I actually requested it is because so much of BookTok consists of fantasy recommendations and I haven’t read a true fantasy book in years. I decided I might as well get into it again and start somewhere. And here we are.
Not knowing literally anything about the book meant I didn’t go into it with any expectations. I think this was for the best. Even after I read the inside cover, I was still a bit confused. There’s just a lot of simultaneously moving parts. I wish I could say the confusion ended when I started reading but I think it only intensified. I had no idea what was going for at least the first half.
Overall, it’s a pretty decent book. I’m not mad at it for my first foray back into the fantasy world. Definitely a good library read. I don’t know that I’d have liked it as much if I bought it outright.
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Moderate: Grief
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