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solxread's review against another edition
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gaslighting
whynterdesaina'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: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Kidnapping, and War
anightfilledwithstars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
sdfallin's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
larareads'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: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Vomit
draconicmama'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? It's complicated
5.0
It changed my life.
Not only did this book break me out of my reading slump, it encouraged me to get back into writing. Yarros is an absolute master of her craft. The romance, the intrigue, the world-building, the INSANE amount of subtle foreshadowing is all done to perfection. This story is so much more than a smutty romance. Honestly, the smut is pretty mild and there are only a couple explicit scenes and they aren't even that graphic. The news headlines focusing on the fact that there's sex in this series are seriously missing the point. This is an epic fantasy driven by the choices of our romantic heroes. It's exciting, tension filled, emotional, and constantly leaves the reader saying, "What else could possibly happen to this girl?!" I -love- this book.
In January 2025 I did a re-read in preparation for the launch of Onyx Storm. It was just as good the second time and I had a fantastic time tabbing all the foreshadowing and little hints I knew Yarros had left us due to my knowledge of Iron Flame, but also all the little things I thought might be important in the other books going forward. I used almost 100 tabs. Yarros is brilliant.
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Gaslighting
mrsmoose'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm and Death of parent
dani_reis'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
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Classism
k_ann13'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: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content
britwalsh16'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: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Vomit
Minor: Torture and Abandonment