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bisexualwentworth'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
There is definitely a slightly dissonance between the queernormativity of the world and the emphasis on heteronormative continuations of bloodlines, but it didn't bother me much.
Personally, I would recommend reading this one first. I think Priory would hit harder that way. I look forward to a reread in chronological order later down the line when the rest of the series is out, though Shannon has stated that they will all be designed to work as standalones.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Violence
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- 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
3.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, War, Blood, Violence, Pregnancy, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Animal death, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Body horror
cjbrimmer's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and War
Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Pregnancy
sophie221010's review
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, War, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Violence, and Vomit
awkwardimagination'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
3.5
This book was kind of the opposite of the first book, in terms of literary elements. While the plot and pacing have the same strength, I found I didn't like the plot of this one as much as the second one. The fact that I knew so much about the world already also hurt it a little, because I found myself getting frustrated with a lot of the character motivations and actions. Speaking of characters; I liked the characters a lot more in this book then the first one. Oh my god- In the first one I really only formed a connection with Ead, in terms of mcs, and just really liked Tané. Loth felt flat to me and Niclays was just fucking annoying. My favourite characters in the first book were mainly background characters. In this one, I truly loved every mc. Glorian was my fav through out, I fucking adore her (false prophet aside), Dumai was also kickass and I liked her a lot. I felt sympathetic toward Tunuva and liked her well enough, but the other characters in her parts (Esbar and Canthe) bittered her story. I started the story feeling the same way about Wulf, as I did about Loth, but by the end of it Wulf was my guy - I fucking love him.
God did I like how this ended, it was strong and honestly shocking I was not expecting some of the people who died to die. And dont get me wrong, while i did not like the plot of this book as much, does not mean this had a bad plot; I very much enjoyed getting to watch the setup of all the pieces for Priory of the Orange Tree (except for Tané's jewel that confuses me) and seeing all the places and people that we only heard about. God, I love me some world building!
Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, War, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Vomit
Minor: Animal death and Suicide
chanlo1994's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Violence, Sexism, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Gore, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship
lemonyanne's review
- 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
Graphic: Blood and Pregnancy
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
weirdassfanta'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
Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence
bitter_critter's review
- 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: Religious bigotry, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, War, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Kidnapping and Adult/minor relationship
mice_are_nice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, War, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship