Reviews tagging 'Blood'

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

35 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

Excellent voice acting. Especially for the character "The Other". *chef's kiss. It's such a cool and unique fantasy world. Love the world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, and Child abuse

ashboutiette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual assault

callistag1's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The one star is because the narrators did their job well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

booksalacarte's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5⭐️ 3🌶️

Fantasy Romance
Multi POV
Unique magic system
Assassin FMC
Dragons
Secrets
Politics
Flashbacks

I started out with all 3 mediums of consuming this book. I put the audiobook aside fairly quickly due to finding the female narrator to be to be lacking the inflection to keep my interest. I stopped listening and quickly went to my ebook to start over.

But I highly recommend listening to chapter 15, if you have the audiobook available. As well as any following that feature the characters in the chapter.

The prologue was so beautifully used to start the world-building and laying down the groundwork for this to be the start of a very intricate and intense series! Once I got to Chapter 15, I was all in. That was when the book differentiated itself from other assassin FMC books, for me. 

The plot was very steady, providing the breath catching moments that kept me at the edge of my seat as well as moments settling in and showing the softer side of the characters. This made it so easy to relate to, and like, the characters. 

I loved it. It lived up to all the hype I saw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, War, Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Death, Excrement, Body horror, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Grief

nyx0206's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty

marleyellise's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book and found myself wanting to keep picking it up. The fantasy elements mythical creatures and world building were super interesting, and the angst built between Raeve and Kaan really had me excited, it’s very much slow burn though… I’m hoping that book one is a little spicy, and as they series progresses you get more and more spice along the way as the relationship develops. 
This book was definitely only 🌶️🌶️ at most. 

The glossary/guides were a nice feature to have, and allowed me to reference back when a character, or creature came into the story that I couldn’t remember, but the entire family tree and glossary contain spoilers for the characters and storyline that could have been removed and added to the glossary when the plot point features in the book. 

Upon reflection, although I enjoyed this book, it seemed that not a lot happened plot wise. We spent a lot of our time learning about Raeve, her background and her obsession with Rekk Zharos but not much of the secret elements were shared by the author in this first book. I ended the read feeling a little bit frustrated that I didn’t have a big cliffhanger making me ITCHING for the next book. The book did end on what some would call a cliffhanger.. but not one that made me gasp in anticipation! 
Will I read the next book, yes. But with an expected release date of August 2025, I’m not that disappointed that I have to wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

antidietleah's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Murder

cosmic_kurt's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I will be picking up the sequel for sure. There were bits that I didn’t love and sometimes the MC really got on my nerves, but I do think she stayed true to her character arc even though I got frustrated with her at times. This book definitely is a gateway to an even bigger story, and has a lot of world building but I do think it was done pretty well. In the middle the pacing gets kind of weird but it does get better and it’s worth getting through that. I do wish the POVS were more evenly balanced but I think in the next book it’ll be easier to see from the other characters more. All in all, I would recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Sexism, and Pregnancy

ashleykhoffman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book is the epitome of mixed feelings. The writing was hit and miss; the world was super unique and cool, but the building of it was weirdly paced; the words "organ in my chest" and "fluffy" were super over-utilized; the mystery build was great, and the diary was a nice touch; the cliffhangers going into book 2 were great because I'm not mad I have to wait, but I'll definitely read the next one. 

I could say more, but I'll leave it at the writing being hard to adjust to, but an overall really compelling story. 

2.5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Excrement, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Rape

rachelbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

Wow. This book was stunning. The world was lush and interesting. The characters were unforgettable. Kaan and Raeve. <3 The writing was artistic and stuffed with imagery. Emotionally raw. I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Torture, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Trafficking, War, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Vomit