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I promised to keep you all updated on trigger warnings, so here I am.
So far, I've counted three scenes of sexual assault/rape, ocurring between chapters 18/19.
Keep this in mind, if stuff like this triggers you. Whatever you decide it's up to you. Read with caution, or simply stay away from this.
It's too soon to say if it's romanticized or not, but still that doesn't change the fact that the FMC gets SA.
— Sep 27, 2025 07:30PM
So far, I've counted three scenes of sexual assault/rape, ocurring between chapters 18/19.
Keep this in mind, if stuff like this triggers you. Whatever you decide it's up to you. Read with caution, or simply stay away from this.
It's too soon to say if it's romanticized or not, but still that doesn't change the fact that the FMC gets SA.
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Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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WTF? Really? Really? The big bad guy's death and happens offstage? Seriously?????????? We find out by simple telling?????
Well, now I confirm that people rating this 5 stars are high as f###.
LOL.
— Oct 10, 2025 04:28PM
Well, now I confirm that people rating this 5 stars are high as f###.
LOL.
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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I'd like to know whose clever idea was to include the scene of Helena giving birth..and this is related to the war and the supposed overall plot because......?????
This is like the most anticlimactic and uninspired ending I have ever read.
Sorry to those of you who like this book, but this is trash.
Let's keep fanfiction into the fanfiction department, ok?
— Oct 10, 2025 03:52PM
This is like the most anticlimactic and uninspired ending I have ever read.
Sorry to those of you who like this book, but this is trash.
Let's keep fanfiction into the fanfiction department, ok?
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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My dear friends, we made it. Almost there.
Part 3 is just pretty much of the same. Same recycled scenes over and over. Maybe some people like pregnancy tropes, but I loathe them. Specially when it's a forced one like in this book.
The writing keeps being atrocious. The guts some have to compare this to Tolkien or Rothfuss. People, inhaling fungi is bad for your health. LOL.
— Oct 10, 2025 03:19AM
Part 3 is just pretty much of the same. Same recycled scenes over and over. Maybe some people like pregnancy tropes, but I loathe them. Specially when it's a forced one like in this book.
The writing keeps being atrocious. The guts some have to compare this to Tolkien or Rothfuss. People, inhaling fungi is bad for your health. LOL.
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
is 83% done
At 83%, almost 1000 pages, and here it is (at last) the plot twist that has fans of the author on the fence. Although I get where they're coming from, I don't think they fully understand how twisted this story is. And the reason why I disagree strongly with the way Senlinyu decided to portray this story.
I'll dive deeper about this on my review. Stay tuned.
— Oct 09, 2025 06:29AM
I'll dive deeper about this on my review. Stay tuned.
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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Part 2 completed. Finally. It's been 84 years. LOL.
Part 3, I'm coming for you. Just a little bit more. We're almost there.
— Oct 08, 2025 07:53PM
Part 3, I'm coming for you. Just a little bit more. We're almost there.
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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You gotta be kidding me that there's people swooning over this guy Ferron. C'mon. He's a huge walking red flag. He's super controlling and hella possessive. How is this supposed to be romantic? The world's gone mad.
— Oct 08, 2025 07:07PM
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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I'm kinda side eyeing the people falling for these characters. No shade. But, the overly possessive broody alpha male is kinda cliche at this point. Fuc####, saying "you're mine" like a psycho, and literally killing innocent people to "keep the FMC safe"....are walking red flags to me.
— Oct 08, 2025 05:22AM
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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At 65% (almost 810 pages), and given recent events, I think I'm starting to get the whole picture about this story, and I'm not liking it one bit, how it tries to play with your mind, making up excuses to justify what's unjustifiable.
Someone's past traumas doesn't give them free pass to harm others. Just my two tips.
— Oct 06, 2025 06:17PM
Someone's past traumas doesn't give them free pass to harm others. Just my two tips.
Noelia (thisbookishlove)
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Please, tell me you didn´t go there, making him the one to save her. Don´t be so bloody obvious. I´m begging you to be smarter than this.
— Oct 06, 2025 12:24PM
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Does it happen to her by the love interest?
@Bookalicious-Inc Yes, exactly that. It's the reason I keep on reading. Because on a previous update I've said it was romanticized and I was called out about it. So I've skimmed to these parts and further in the book just to check out my theories. But in order to be able to say something about it, and give an honest, non sugarcoated review, well, I had no choice but to keep on reading.
Some people (me included) ignored that this book was actually a Dramione/The Handmaids Tale fanfic. Meaning, the author took some concepts from Margaret Atwood famous book, specially the part where the FMC gets sexually assaulted in order to get her pregnant.
I read that book, so I can say this. Whilst in The Handmaid's Tale, Offred is disgusted by her owner, The Commander, because she views him as a rapist, despite his efforts to make himself look as a kind person, in this particular book, all clues seem to be pointing the other way, meaning, it's been hinted that there's gonna be a romantic relationship between them.
I'll confirm this later when I get to that part, but chapter 20 kinda confirms my theory, that this is the direction is going.
If I make it to the end, I'll go into detail about this on my review.
@Grandma SusanIt's the least I can do. I'm sacrificing myself so you all can get an honest review! LOL 😆.
But yes. This is a very hyped book, and if you haven't already seen it, you're probably gonna see it absolutely all social media, in the weeks to come.
But the problem with overhyped books is that there's no middle ground. Especially with a book like this, that already had a established fanbase.
Positive reviews might be biased, so I'm reading as an average reader. The kind of reader that might go into this, unknowing what they're getting into. People like me who don't read fanfics, and never knew/read about this fanfic. I was today years old when I heard about Manacled, the fanfic that was turned into Alchemised.
Thank you for taking the bullet on this one, everyone I know is talking about it but all they will say is it's "dark" and I should read it. And no, I want to be able to make an informed decision so I need this info
@AcanthaThank you for your kind words, lovey! This gives me a lot of courage to keep on reading!
But yes, I'm doing this just to help non fans readers get an informed decision, to decide whether to read this or not.
Just like you, I keep on seeing fans saying this is not romance, but a gothic horror fantasy (even the author themselves says this), but the further I go, I'm just not sold on that. I'm already foreseeing the direction this is going, and guess what? They're just not right. But I'll keep on updating as I progress.
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