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A review by thedarkfields
The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-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? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, and Colonisation
Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Colonisation, slavery, and war are main themes in this series.
This book also includes many large-scale battles that describe violence, brutality, death, murder, blood, injuries, etc. It's war.This later includes makeshift guns, which use black powder with small projectiles, as part of the combat(s). A LOT of people die in this book.
Multiple horses are injured or killed in the course of the aforementioned battles. Some of these injuries/deaths are more descriptive than others, but none that I recall are particularly cruel or gruesome. Most are single-line descriptors (eg,something like "the horse was stabbed between its ribs, causing the animal to stumble and collapse" before moving on ).
This book also includes many large-scale battles that describe violence, brutality, death, murder, blood, injuries, etc. It's war.
Multiple horses are injured or killed in the course of the aforementioned battles. Some of these injuries/deaths are more descriptive than others, but none that I recall are particularly cruel or gruesome. Most are single-line descriptors (eg,