Caged by fallen crows pt2

Book: Caged by fallen crows part two by Ava Larksen

Reviewed by Your_bookish_fantasy

Rating: 5/5

๐“๐“ž ๐“ข๐“Ÿ๐“ž๐“˜๐“›๐“”๐“ก๐“ข
โšœ๏ธ๐”ป๐•–๐•ฅ๐•’๐•š๐•๐•–๐•• ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ ๐• ๐•—- Caged by fallen crows, part 2

โšœ๏ธโ„๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค-
(out of 5 stars, my rating scale is at the end)
๐Ÿ“š ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ / 5

๐ŸŒก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐Ÿซ‘ all others are very spicy though -๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ 

Which books have I also given this same rating? (๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘›)

5โญ๏ธ Fourth wing / Bound by inked flame / Anathama / The Lies of Lena / Of silver and Curses
4.5โญ๏ธ Bitten / The Female / Quicksilver / Bride / Lights Out / A Bargain so Bloody
4โญ๏ธ Spellcaster / One Dark Window / From Blood and Ash / Phantasma / Butcher & Blackbird
3โญ๏ธWe Who Will Die / The Wolf King / Daughter of No Worlds / The Ex Hex

โšœ๏ธ๐•‚๐•–๐•ช ๐•€๐•Ÿ๐•—๐• :
Genre- Dark Rmanic Fantasy

๐Ÿ“– 330 ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› multi ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฉ

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ- 10 June 2026

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ or ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ driven? ๐’œ โ„ณ๐’พ๐“

๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ & ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ป๐—ผ- book 3 of Of Crows and Thorns saga

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ on ๐—ž๐—จ? โœ…๐’ดโ„ฏ๐“ˆ.

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ- โ„ฑ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ? โœ…๐’ดโ„ฏ๐“ˆ! ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ทโ„ดโ„ด๐“€ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’ถ๐“๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‚โ„ฏ.

๐–‚๐–๐–” ๐–œ๐–”๐–š๐–‘๐–‰ ๐–Ž ๐–—๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–”๐–’๐–’๐–Š๐–“๐–‰ ๐–™๐–๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–™๐–”? Anyone who likes it dark, traumatic and twisty!

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ…ฒ๏ธŽ๐Ÿ…ท๏ธŽ๐Ÿ…ด๏ธŽ๐Ÿ…ฒ๏ธŽ๐Ÿ…บ๏ธŽ ๐Ÿ†ƒ๏ธŽ๐Ÿ…ท๏ธŽ๐Ÿ…ด๏ธŽ ๐Ÿ†ƒ๏ธŽ๐Ÿ††๏ธŽ!๐Ÿšจ

โšœ๏ธ๐•Šโ„™๐”ผโ„‚๐•€๐”ผ๐•Š ๐•€โ„• ๐•Š๐•‹๐•†โ„๐•:
๐Ÿ’‹๐ป๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ 
๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ๐”š๐”ฆ๐”ฑ๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฐ
๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ แ—ฐOแ‘ŽีTแ—ดแ–‡แ”•
โœ๏ธ Gods
๐Ÿ’ช Demigods ish?

โšœ๏ธ๐•Š๐•ก๐•š๐•”๐•– ๐”ฝ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•ค:
๐Ÿซ  no ๐’ฑ๐’พ๐“‡๐‘”๐’พ๐“ƒs
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง
๐Ÿฅต๐’Ÿ๐’พ๐“‡๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’ฏ๐’ถ๐“๐“€
๐Ÿ—ก ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ to ??
๐Ÿ—ก ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ to ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐™ต๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ
๐Ÿ’€๐”‰๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”Ÿ๐”ฆ๐”ก๐”ก๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ช๐”ž๐”ซ๐” ๐”ข
๐ŸŒก๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜, ๐”ธ๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค๐•ฅ, ๐•‹๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ
โš”๏ธ๐”…๐”ฒ๐”ฉ๐”ฉ๐”ถ ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ช๐”ž๐”ซ๐” ๐”ข
๐Ÿ˜‡no cheating

โšœ๏ธ๐•‹โ„๐•†โ„™๐”ผ๐•Š
๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐•Š๐•–๐•”๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ค & ๐”น๐•–๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ช๐•’๐•๐•ค
๐Ÿงญโ„š๐•ฆ๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ค
๐ŸชงPแดสŸษชแด›ษชแด„แด€สŸ Iษดแด›ส€ษชษขแดœแด‡
โ˜ฏ๏ธโ„๐•–๐•๐•š๐•˜๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ/๐”ป๐•–๐•š๐•ฅ๐•š๐•–๐•ค
๐Ÿชฆ๐•ณ๐–”๐–—๐–—๐–”๐–— ๐•ฐ๐–‘๐–Š๐–’๐–Š๐–“๐–™๐–˜
๐Ÿงฌ ๐”๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐ŸคฉEpic animal sidekick
๐Ÿญ๐•Š๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•ช ๐• ๐”พ๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•ก๐•ช
๐ŸŽญhidden ๐•€๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ช
๐Ÿงฉ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’š
โ”Wสœแด แด…ษชแด… แด›สœษชs แด›แด สแดแดœ?!
๐Ÿ’ˆ แ—ทแ—ฉแ‘ŽTแ—ดแ–‡
โ˜ ๏ธ๐•‹๐• ๐•ฆ๐•”๐•™ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐••...
๐Ÿน๐๐š๐ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ Defiant ๐…๐Œ๐‚
๐Ÿคฌ Feminine Rage
๐ŸฅŠ Revenge
๐Ÿถ Underdog
โณ๐ƒ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
โŒš๐”ธ-๐•™๐• ๐•๐•–
๐Ÿ‘‘ Magical Bond
๐ŸคซMorally Grey Fallen Prince
๐ŸŒMacabre Bordello
๐ŸนHigh-Stakes Mission
โณWeaponised Leverage
โš–๏ธKnife-Edged Offer
๐Ÿ’ฐFamily Secrets
๐Ÿ’กWe Survive Together or Not at All
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธUnique Bonds & Magic
๐Ÿ”ชSinister Underworld Society
โ›“๏ธGilded Cage
๐ŸบMythological Undercurrents
โš”๏ธGod-Forged Weapons

Caged by Fallen Crows Part 2 is the 3rd book in the Of Crows and Thorns Saga by Ava Larksen. Just remember that this is a saga that you need to read in order; these are not standalone books.

My favorite quotes from this book are:

โ€œYou love me?โ€
โ€œHow the fucj could I not love you? Youโ€™re my queen, little bird.โ€

โ€œOh my gods, are you, like, a thirteen-year-old boy? Donโ€™t you dare carve dick pics into my tower.โ€

โ€œI have secret pockets on everything I wear,โ€ he winked cockily. โ€œLike the deadly weapon stashed inside my boxer briefs.โ€

"Turn around, turn around, turn aroundโ€ฆ
Please, please, pleaseโ€ฆ"

โ€œGraysen Crowther, you belong to me."

"Your preyโ€™s escaping, Death-dealer."

๐ŸŒ ๐•Ž๐• ๐•ฃ๐•๐•• ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•š๐•๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜, ๐•จ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ก๐•’๐•”๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜:
We find out their true feelings finally! This totally wrecked me. This distinction truly matters and I feel it will play a huge role in the next book. It takes Nelle and Graysonโ€™s relationship from just fate or destiny to their choice; itโ€™s no longer just a feeling of addiction but becomes a relationship of pure loyalty with no limits. And thatโ€™s what I devoured.

I really appreciated the way the author was able to answer the questions that came up in the previous books but/and, in doing so, managed to raise at least three more questions for each answer!

The most worrying part of this book for me was when Grays little sister told us that weโ€™re not going to recognize Graysen when Valarie is done with him??? Wait, what? Surely she canโ€™t break him?! No, I donโ€™t accept this. Iโ€™m deeply concerned about this, and youโ€™re leaving me emotionally compromised; now I am petrified of what I'll see in book 4.

๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค:
I have always been a sucker and downright feral for Grayson. Heโ€™s devoted and protective; he has that bad-boy energy every woman loves; heโ€™s willing to burn the world down with him inside to save those he loves most, and I love how every decision he makes is somehow both romantic and extremely destructive.

Tabitha is officially the most suspicious mother ever to go missing. We have now learned soooo much about her and yet also nothing at all! What was she keeping from her husband and family? Iโ€™m desperate to know!
In fact, Every adult in this series is keeping at least six secrets of their own, and they are all somehow linked to each other, wether through a previous relationship, a broken engagement, or some nefarious deal. and I get the feeling all of these secrets have the potential to be cataclysmic.

This book introduced us to the horned god Florin and his shop. I have a suspicion that this god I going to be at the centre of the next book wether through choice or force Iโ€™m not sure. I loved his character, I had suspicions there was more to his relationship with Tabitha than we were aware of but then, if that were the case, why is Sirro also so devoted? Intrigued? Hmmmโ€ฆ..

Valerie is pure malevolence and has the top spot as far as villains go for me now. But I donโ€™t know why she has flipped and become the monster she is and that is absolutely Irving me inane! To be fair, Jettโ€™s not that far behind her. He has something twisted inside him! I wouldnโ€™t be surprised if he betrays absolutely everyone for his own self interests? These two are evil personified. Through their chapters, I donโ€™t think I could breathe, and with all the tension they built, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.

๐Ÿชง๐”ฝ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•ค:
If you are looking for a new dark fantasy/romantasy saga thatโ€™s dark, highly addictive, has unique bonds and magic, a morally black and protective MMC, a strong and defiant FMC, a deep history of tradition and betrayal and yearning and spice that rips through you then I promise you this is the saga youโ€™ve been searching for. Just know that you HAVE to read this saga in order. These are not standalone books.

๐น๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ;

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๐•„๐•ช โ„๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•Š๐•ช๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ž๐•ค:
โญ๏ธ DNF

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
I managed to finish it but it was rubbish. I won't keep a physical copy and won't recommend it, but it's a shame as the plot could have made a good book in another author's hands

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ.5
It was OK. I wish I didn't start this one as it didn't do it for me as I struggled to read it. It had an interesting premise that fell flat but I had to see what happened in the end.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
I don't regret reading it, and I will read the next one, but this one did have a few flaws. [These could be repetitive writing, gaps or plot holes, better character growth or world building, areas needing more detail]
Generally, the book lacked depth and became confusing. The plot resonated with me even though it annoyed me on the whole.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ.5
I'm glad I read it. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to the right people, but I wanted more! Sadly, it's easily forgettable with a few issues I just couldn't overlook/get past.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Good book! I loved it, but... I needed more! I really did enjoy it, but it had a few parts that needed more detail or added history/background or lore. But that's because the story or characters were memorable, and the plot was strong with brilliant twists. I would re-read if I needed to catch up for the next book and would recommend.

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ.5
Great book! I truly wish the story had been thought about more, or the author had been given more time as this book is so close to brilliance! I will likely read again and will definitely be recommending it to all!

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
WOW! Absolutely amazing book! Well written with great characters and a plot so memorable that it will stay with me. I will definitely read this again, I will be recommending it and sharing it with the whole world! Also- I NEED A PHYSICAL COPY!

๐Ÿ”ฅโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ
This is my God level tier. The book must be perfectly memorable. Even after reading 50+ more books, I will remember character names and emotions along with the plot. If there is a special edition, then I need to own it! If there is a conversation on books- I'm talking about this!

SPICE SCALE:
๐ŸŒถ๏ธโ€“ segsual language and a little on-page action

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธโ€“ a lot of segsual language and some on-page open door action, may be occurring a couple of times

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธโ€“ a lot of explicit action and dirty talk, occurring frequently with 2/3 lurvers

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ โ€“ super graphic and explicit, occurring 4 or more times, can be more grey and taboo themed.

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ โ€“ Kinks and Fet!shism, explicit and super graphic. It is likely to be tushy play, toys, playrooms, and more aged

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