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samanthachen's review against another edition
I love witchy content, and this author must be a green witch with how easily that information flowed. The storyline is intriguing, and the characters are believable. However, for me, it’s difficult reading about intense family conflict, so I needed to put this book down. I kept pushing myself to read further, but the conflicts got more intense. It just wasn’t for me. I also understand that most of that will likely see resolution, but I just couldn’t push through that much conflict to get to it.
Having said all of that, this is definitely someone else’s perfect book. Please give it go after looking into the content warnings
Having said all of that, this is definitely someone else’s perfect book. Please give it go after looking into the content warnings
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death and Infidelity
Trigger warnings that needed tags I couldn’t findemfass's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book was fine. It got better toward the end which bumped it up for me. Also, I know this is marketed as a romance and a love story but for me this was a book about grief and difficult times and how grief manifests differently in people and can cause destruction. The romance felt like a subplot which is fine I actually liked the book better seeing it through this lens.
I loved the idea behind it and the premise but the characters were very frustrating. At times many of them were immature (Sage at least acknowledges it). I think it’s also important to take into consideration that because we think we know best for characters these characters are going through a lot emotionally so their judgement is cloudy. Tennessee was honestly my favorite character. I really loved him.
I really felt for Sage and all the shit she had to go through. She never was allowed to feel or break. Robbed of a childhood to take care of her younger siblings and blamed for everything. Very reminiscent of how many Hispanic eldest daughters feel. I think that was done very well and although frustrating, very real. I was a little surprised by Sky’s return but I think she handled it well. I thought it was interesting they didn’t talk about the mom more but I didn’t mind it so much .
As I was writing this review I realize I liked this book more than I originally thought. I keep finding more positive things to say and the rating got bumped up again. I really think the ending made up for the beginning.
I loved the idea behind it and the premise but the characters were very frustrating. At times many of them were immature (Sage at least acknowledges it). I think it’s also important to take into consideration that because we think we know best for characters these characters are going through a lot emotionally so their judgement is cloudy. Tennessee was honestly my favorite character. I really loved him.
As I was writing this review I realize I liked this book more than I originally thought. I keep finding more positive things to say and the rating got bumped up again. I really think the ending made up for the beginning.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Racism, Car accident, and Alcohol
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