Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Nightshade by Keri Lake

4 reviews

xoxo_bookishbabe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

lauraleafromthelibrary's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Ahhh smh — par for the course with Keri Lake — I’m honestly in love with the first half of all her stories and then they completely go downhill for me. I did love the angels & demons vibe of this one. That ending was not it for me. I may or may not read the conclusion story (book two).

Wins:

• The purgatory-type setting
• Dudes with wings
• Lustina’s backstory (historical perspective was so much better)
• OTP trope
• Creepy demons (the thrills)
• Constantine (the movie) vibes 
• Jane Eyre (the book) vibes; Rochester in a gothic castle atmosphere
• Dual timeline — multi perspective

Losses:

• Farryn’s whiny-ass perspective 
• Alphahole behaviour
• Aggressive sex scenes
• About 100 pages TOO FUCKING LONG
• the pregnancy omg NO

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

miahutchinsonshaw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.5

Fell too hard and too fast for Jericho! Perfectly broody and growly. Farryn was amazingly refreshing as a female MC. She made smart decisions and had realistic reactions to everything, which turned put to be pretty funny in some cases. The alternate timelines was also a really interesting storytelling mechanism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail