As the series gets closer to all-out war and genocide, characters recall stories of being beaten as children for being different and running for their lives to escape enslavement or death. Other violence includes the death of a major character who's heavily mourned, the masacre of young fae, the whipping of prisoners, and attacks by assassins and giant magic bugs that cause major injuries.
There's some sexual violence, too, with a man nearly raping a woman in the serving class (only to have her employer tell her to wear "less tempting clothes") and an attempted rape that ends in a severe beating of the predator. That said, the "fasted" or married couple's first night together goes on for pages and leaves little to the imagination. If teens are in that phase where they're thinking about their own sexuality and what kind of partner they want to have and to be someday, there are good messages here about using birth control and being a committed and equal partner. Parents need to know that The Shadow Wand, the third book in the Black Witch Chronicles, has much more sexual content than previous books in the series. Drinking of both low-alcohol spirits and hard liquor, once to drunkenness to dull the pain of an injury.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
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