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bnice2009's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Sexual content
This is one of the best books I’ve ever read! I read this book in literally two days! This has everything I was looking for, enemies to lovers, flirting, love triangle, mystery, hunger games, it was literally so good!xandy_lx's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
3.5
Story is like a side plot. Focus is on Pae and Kai mending their relationship. All resistance elements and the hooks from Powerless have still to be explored
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Only Kiss steamy scenes. Touches briefly on death and violence but not too graphichjb_128's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
boba_nbooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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
Spice Rating: 🫑 / 5 🌶️
This sequel to Powerless was a similarly fun read in the romantasy series, though I believe it suffered a bit from "second book syndrome."
The trials have ended, and Paedyn is running for her life. The princes who once considered themselves friends of Paedyn are now hunting her down. Kitt finds himself in charge of the kingdom and sends the Enforcer, his brother Kai, to find Paedyn and bring her to him alive.
Readers get a few small snippets from Kitt's perspective alongside Kai's and Paedyn's points of view. The game of cat-and-mouse between Paedyn and Kai plays out multiple times throughout this novel, and this does get old after a while. What doesn't get old is the romantic tension between the two. The banter and near misses are top notch.
Though Reckless wasn't a 5 star read for me, that ending left me reeling. I'm going to read the next book regardless, but I do hope to see more plot in the third installment of the trilogy.
This sequel to Powerless was a similarly fun read in the romantasy series, though I believe it suffered a bit from "second book syndrome."
The trials have ended, and Paedyn is running for her life. The princes who once considered themselves friends of Paedyn are now hunting her down. Kitt finds himself in charge of the kingdom and sends the Enforcer, his brother Kai, to find Paedyn and bring her to him alive.
Readers get a few small snippets from Kitt's perspective alongside Kai's and Paedyn's points of view. The game of cat-and-mouse between Paedyn and Kai plays out multiple times throughout this novel, and this does get old after a while. What doesn't get old is the romantic tension between the two. The banter and near misses are top notch.
Though Reckless wasn't a 5 star read for me, that ending left me reeling. I'm going to read the next book regardless, but I do hope to see more plot in the third installment of the trilogy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Torture
spatterson7's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-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
3.75
Editing was lacking. Lots of spelling/grammar errors. Places where the wrong form of a word was used (ex. using “due” instead of “due” or using “straitened” instead of “straightened”). Very noticeable and distracting.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
dramagirl2003's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i am so shook and need the next one immediately
read the whole thing in a day
read the whole thing in a day
thoughts while reading 🗡️✨
"Promise me you'll stay alive long enough to stab me in the back?"
I could make good on that promise.
kai & pae are both so hopelessly in love that they can’t kill their fathers’ murderers
He's coming for me.
And I won't hesitate again.
just you keep telling yourself that
It's dangerous, how much I think of her.
How much everything reminds me of her.
p58: it would just be an innocent bystander 😂
p79: shadow. i like it 🥷
p81: aha i never thought about that! kai’s basically powerless out here, getting a taste of pae’s life. i can’t even decide whether i want it to be her trying to rob him right now or not
p82: abigail ! they made it!
p91: hehe this will be interesting
p92: oh! we’re hearing from kitt now
p94: damn that makes total sense that his father tried to force them together, but why?
I should follow her. I should follow her and take her by surprise I should be smart about this. Every bit of training screams at me to handle this delicately, deliberately.
But where's the fun in that?
I'll handle her as delicately as she did my father.
and what a killer line he comes out with
If she is Shadow, then I am Flame.
This girl is the very thing I can't seem to escape - can't seem to go anywhere without the remnants of her following. Where I am, she is.
Whether it's in the flesh or in the fragments of my mind.
And where there is a flame, there is always a shadow.
She is my inevitable.
'You promised to be my undoing. So, prove it. Prove it. Hate me enough to make me want you. Ruin me.’
screaming anyone??
p105: not the kiss we expected, but the kiss we needed. and i’m peeved she still hasn’t got her dagger back yet
'I'd watch your tongue, Prince. Unless you'd like to swallow it.'
p109: i’m pretty proud of pae for that move actually
p127: are we getting the one bed trope?
p143: 🥺 poor babies
p148: kai is no longer a fool for her 😐
p198: is calum a double agent
p218: 🤭 time for another one bed where they definitely will have to share
p221: i would not have a good poker face if a guy said this stuff to me irl
p225: yeah you just keep telling yourself that
p235: ava. is she kitt’s mum? (you can tell i hadn’t read the family tree yet)
p310: woah woah woah WOAH
p355: yes kai is finally getting to see her scar
p365: he’s a fool for her again 🤭
'Oh, but you are my undoing. My deliverance. My downfall disguised as a deity. You are my ruin.’
p367: kai’s letting her go 🥺
p383: kitt is 100% sentencing paedyn to death just like she feared
p385: THE F…
This will be the rest of my life. Forced to love her from a distance.
Mourn the loss of her each day.
She is the torture I may not survive.
She is my undoing.
She was supposed to be my forever.
But the beast doesn't get the beauty.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Genocide, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment