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adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder
Minor: Violence
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Infertility, Blood, War
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
Heartbreaking and beautiful with wonderfully characters and enchanting writing.
Ends surprisingly and I highlighted so many bits.
Immediately buying book two.
Ends surprisingly and I highlighted so many bits.
Immediately buying book two.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War
I got 14% of the way in.
I hate everyone, I cannot sympathize with any of them. Usually I'd just power through or skim til it got interesting BUT the 4 year old daughter ends up in the hospitalwith her kidneys failing and she's on all sorts of machines and won't wake up, they need to start dialysis or she'll die.
I don't do books where kids are gravely hurt or die, and i can no longer do medical trauma books.
Also in the 50 pages I read there are SO many content warnings to be added.
This one is not for me.
Not continuing and possibly not picking up any others from this author either.
I hate everyone, I cannot sympathize with any of them. Usually I'd just power through or skim til it got interesting BUT the 4 year old daughter ends up in the hospital
I don't do books where kids are gravely hurt or die, and i can no longer do medical trauma books.
Also in the 50 pages I read there are SO many content warnings to be added.
This one is not for me.
Not continuing and possibly not picking up any others from this author either.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This one could have been interesting but it came across (to me) as repetitive and drawn out. It should have been exciting but was more clinical and wooden.
I did not really care about the book, or any of the characters this time around, but the interworld travel is still cool.
I did not really care about the book, or any of the characters this time around, but the interworld travel is still cool.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book kept my attention and the character did not frustrate me or make me feel like skipping ahead to see if they made it out alive or not - but it ended extremely abruptly.
Moving on to book two to see if it picks up immediately or if that was the end of that particular story.
Moving on to book two to see if it picks up immediately or if that was the end of that particular story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, War, Injury/Injury detail
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not as good as the first one.
Maine kept going back and forth (multiple times per chapter) for the first quarter of the book between complaining about having Noff as a business partner and being glad they were working together, which was whiplashy & odd.
New characters, new locations, new cases.
Not bad but not sure I'm going to continue the series.
Maine kept going back and forth (multiple times per chapter) for the first quarter of the book between complaining about having Noff as a business partner and being glad they were working together, which was whiplashy & odd.
New characters, new locations, new cases.
Not bad but not sure I'm going to continue the series.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to know what happened to Dain from the last book. And I ended up skimming the majority of this because I do not actually like any of the characters and everything wad dragged out.
I did find out what happened to Dain (and of course they fixed whatever problem was at hand and ended up fine) but I will not be continuing the series - even though the epilogue is another mystery/cliffhanger.
I did find out what happened to Dain (and of course they fixed whatever problem was at hand and ended up fine) but I will not be continuing the series - even though the epilogue is another mystery/cliffhanger.