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The Fabric of Our Souls by K.M. Moronova

15 reviews

ohkaythen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

zoekrenz23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

I read this in two days. If you have ever struggled with mental health issues or self-harm, I would suggest not reading this book. It is a dark romance, thriller, and mystery. Normally, I can guess plot twists within a book but this one got me. I loved it, but I hate that I love it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder

kaelizaco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Fabric of Our Souls by @k.m.moronova completely wrecked me, and I would do it all over again. 

PROS: 

🩹The way mental illness is handled 

🩸The way chronic illness is handled 

🩹The way terminal illness is handled 

🩸The way each character’s past trauma played a role in shaping their mental illness 

🩹The fact the characters and their darkness felt a little too real at times. 

🩸LANSTON NEVERS 

🩹Liam Waters 

🩸Wynn Coldfox 

🩹Moonflower fields

🩸That hot tub/pool scene 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

🩹The freaky Clue game 

CONS: 

🩸Take the entire first half of the pros list and remember your girl suffers from both chronic and mental illnesses that are considered disabilities, add the appropriate amount of things hitting a little too close to home, a pinch of salt, and shake. 

🩹Honestly, trigger warnings exist for a reason and smarter people than me would have paid attention to them. 

🩸Don’t ignore the trigger warnings. 

🩹Crosby. Hate him. Like, he gets a LITTLE sympathy. But F him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

kyras_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It has genuinely taken me almost a full month to recover from reading this book. And I still think about it constantly. I have a feeling it will take up precious space in my brain for a long time to come and that's okay. 

There were so many things I was not expecting going into this book. First of all, the entire premise is something I haven’t seen before and I can appreciate that because I love a unique story. The focus on each of their feelings about life and death and the ability of, what I am guessing is a lot of readers, to identify with one of the three main characters and their mental health struggles feels important. Dark… but important. 

There was really only one thing I didn’t like that much about this book and that was the odd voyeuristic nature that was Harlow Sanctum and it’s weird ideals around therapy (like rooming two people together who were totally going to just end up banging). 

It took a little bit of time but I ended up loving their relationship and how the three of them supported and kept each other accountable for their actions. The love shared between this group was something I will think about for a long time. 

I didn’t expect to be near sobbing at the very end of the book. He deserved the world and every time I think of him now my heart aches a little. 😔

Respectfully… fuck you, K. M. Moronova. 
You kinda broke my heart and my therapy bill is on you! 
Currently sobbing just thinking about Liam… 😭 

Tropes:
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity 

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mararo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Murder

bekahzabel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

The Fabric of our Souls is a dark romantic thriller that’ll break your heart and mend it multiple times between two covers. 

The story is told from alternating first person points of view between Wynn and Liam. When Wynn is admitted to an unorthodox mental health institution, she’s paired off to room with a dark masochist named Liam. During her time at Harlow, and with the help of Liam and his best mate Lanston, the three embark on a healing journey. 

But there are unsolved mysteries lurking in the basement of the Harlow institution… and the trio finds that secrets don’t always stay buried…

Overall I really enjoyed the dark themes within this book. The tension between Wynn and Liam was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Solid character development and arcs for all three of the main characters, and a filthy mouth on Liam that’s to die for. 

However I did feel like the plot hopped around quite a bit. We have dark and bulky romance elements, murder mystery, horror thriller, almost a why choose? It was a lot packed into just under 300 pages. 

Nevertheless, it gets a 4⭐️ from me, and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys dark romantic thrillers. Please be aware to check triggers though, countless in here 🫶🏼
🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

shakurday's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

TRIGGER AND SPOILER WARNING REVIEW. 

As someone who has been institutionalized for a suicide attempt, I found the characters and their humor to be 100% relatable. There’s just that sick part of our brain that copes with humor in a way that a lot of people wouldn’t understand. There are dark parts to all of us, and they can be portrayed so very differently. I also really appreciated that this book  talks about  suicide attempts and self harm for people who DO want to live, DO want to feel alive but have ulterior motives or can’t help themselves. The characters are good. The spice is good. The story is good. If you can relate to any of this review, give the book a go and always remember to check in with yourself and someone you love while you read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

robins_fantasy_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎?? 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚟𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝.
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𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.
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𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝...
...𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

ahbee_p_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail