Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

54 reviews

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Wowza. Ok. Ok. Ok.

I gotta wait till tomorrow to finish Tower of Dawn cause I need to process the fucking shit show (said as a term of endearment) that went on in the Empire of Storms. 

AELIN GALATHYNIUS YOU COME BACK RIGHT THIS INSTANT SO HELP ME GAWD! 

This book had some stellar moments. Wyvern attack on the capital, Manon attacking her mean Grandma, Elide and Lorcan on the run, Lysandra kicking ass in Skulls bay, Aelin blasting all those ILKEN SHITS outta the sky, finding out what Elena did, and the END!!!!!  Crazy stuff, man. 

Sadly, the gang is unfortunately splitting up AGAIN *sigh* and all of my fav ships are SINKING!!!! 👎

Rowan’s Queen got shipped away in the bad box by the bitchiest UPS worker ever known to man. Elides pissed at Lorcan, and rightfully so (I am too, I have a very strong love/hate relationship with this dude). Aedion is being a man baby about Lysandra doing what she was told to do by THEIR QUEEN. Dorian and Manon are still rockin though 🤘good for those lil emos! 

Something cool I realized in this book though was that each of the mains have one of those jerkface gods kind of pulling the strands of their fates together which is neat! Like Hellas with Lorcan, Annieth with Elide, and Mala with Aelin and Rowan. 

Im very stressed. I’ll finish tower of Dawn tomorrow. I need a nap.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, War, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Death, and Kidnapping

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Violence, and War

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Slavery

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual violence, Confinement, Grief, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Slavery

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I did the tandem read of this book & Tower of Dawn and enjoyed them immensely. Though this series started a bit slower than I typically like in a fantasy, I starting to really appreciate all the ways that SJM set up multiple plot points and characters early on in the series. The call backs to characters and situations from earlier books throughout Empire of Storms was really expertly done. The world building by the time you get to EOS is immense and I really was constantly on the edge of my seat during this book. The action was intense and the end a real cliffhanger.

This book reminds me in many ways of Empire Strikes Back and really beautifully sets up the final fight between good and evil and the battles that Aelin and her friends will have to wage to save the kingdom.

A really good book and I’m really looking forward to the final installment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Slavery, War, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Colonisation

tupeloallie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, Cursing, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery, Gore, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, War, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

khaben31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Confinement, and Death

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Miscarriage, War, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Torture, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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 was so good, each book in the series just keeps getting better. The first half of the book was definitely a slow buildup but the ending is definitely worth it. I'm excited to see how this series wraps up in the last book.

Reading this one in tandem with Tower of Dawn was definitely a good way to take in the story for me. I would have been disappointed to have to read a whole other book in between this and the last book before the story progressed at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, War, Violence, Confinement, Body horror, Abandonment, and Torture