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Big emphasis on fae court, scrappy female lead, touch her and you die male lead, lots of use of male/female instead of men/women.
Magic system was at times arbitrary and not in an intentional way I think. Some plot lines and skills were pretty underdeveloped. All in all I had fun but wouldn’t reread.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Murder
Moderate: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexual content, War
Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts
Based on the description, I wasn’t expecting this story or plot, and I only finally picked this up because it came highly recommended by my fave rep from The Ripped Bodice.
I thought I’d stop reading after the first couple of chapters, because there was so much happening that I couldn’t get sucked into the story world, but at some some point I realized I was hooked.
Excited for the second book this fall!
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, War
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War
Graphic: Genocide, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexual content
Also... what happened to Onyx??
Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit
Graphic: Death, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Torture, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail