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readbyjaimes's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I love starting a series like this and feeling like I've made some new friends
God, I LOVED these characters. They're so fucked up but I see so much potential for growth in them and their bond is just so amazing. The boys all sticking by Silas and hearing all they've been through together was so painful, but also heartwarming.
But moving on from the boys, MY LONER GIRLS!!!! I love them so so so much. Briar and Lyra were amazing from the beginning and I'm so glad they developed a close bond so early. I feel like in a lot of books the girls are isolated from making friendships and I always love when that isn't the case. I had so much fun reading this book and I absolutely ate it up.
Something I didn't love was the pacing. I feel like the end was super rushed and I didn't get to see their feelings develop how I would've liked. That isn't to say their relationship wasn't believable to me! I know for a fact that Alistair and Briar love each other, just wish we would've gotten more moments like that besides the last 70-ish pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Trafficking
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.
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.
"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.
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.
"Family wasn't who you were born with. It's who you'd bleed for."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder
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.
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, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Trafficking
Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, and Murder