The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
kbugz724's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
I am...I can't put into words how much I loved this book! It is extremely dark so please look up trigger warnings (some parts are pretty graphic).
But through all that is an incredibly beautiful story about two people who have had very different upbringings but have so much of the same trauma. It's about a beautifully dark found family that would literally do absolutely anything for each other.Â
No only did MJ tell the perfect story of a broken boy and a broken girl coming together and learning to be a little less broken together, but it also told the story of how much your friends can be the family you always wanted and needed.Â
"Family wasn't who you were born with. It's who you'd bleed for."
But through all that is an incredibly beautiful story about two people who have had very different upbringings but have so much of the same trauma. It's about a beautifully dark found family that would literally do absolutely anything for each other.Â
No only did MJ tell the perfect story of a broken boy and a broken girl coming together and learning to be a little less broken together, but it also told the story of how much your friends can be the family you always wanted and needed.Â
"Family wasn't who you were born with. It's who you'd bleed for."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Trafficking, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Gore
maddamekat's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
2.75
So the blurb had nothing to do with the plot. There are zero wedding dresses or empty graves so not sure what that was about.
Pacing was hard to track especially in terms of who was speaking. KU edition has inconsistent text formatting and a plethora of spelling mistakes.Â
The story itself wasn't bad it just needed smoothing out. As always I'll finish the series.
Pacing was hard to track especially in terms of who was speaking. KU edition has inconsistent text formatting and a plethora of spelling mistakes.Â
The story itself wasn't bad it just needed smoothing out. As always I'll finish the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Stalking and Kidnapping
abir_'s review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
The title is fitting. I felt nothing reading this and nothing after finishing it. I liked the friendship between briar and lyra and I loved their weird pets.Â
I'm interested in Lyra's and Thatcher's story but I just can't go through the dryness that is this book again
Also deviance was used instead of defiance at some point and it completely ruined the experience for me, I was doubting that I saw typos up until that point
I'm interested in Lyra's and Thatcher's story but I just can't go through the dryness that is this book again
Also deviance was used instead of defiance at some point and it completely ruined the experience for me, I was doubting that I saw typos up until that point
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Murder, Drug abuse, and Rape
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