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Moth to a Flame by Ashley Antoinette

6 reviews

trizk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

"You deserve everything that's coming to you." 

The novella, "Moth to a Flame" follows Raven as she navigates her late teens to adulthood in a toxic relationship with Mizan. 

This book can only be described as a whirlwind, I found myself charmed by the humor while simultaneously irritated at the situations Raven wound up in

because of yknow who.

. Ashley Antoinette does a good job showing the dangers of staying in abusive situations and the havoc and damage it can bring to life.

How the sex scenes were described in this book wasn't really my thing, and my copy had a handful of spelling errors or the sentences were structured wrong.  However, I thoroughly enjoyed the story's pacing and was incredibly impressed by how Antoinette can make the reader care for multiple characters in such a short amount of pages. 

Definitely recommend for readers to check trigger warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Classism

miawhite30's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The  book itself reminded me of Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree and The Coldest Winter ever by Sister Souljah mixed into one. Sidenote: If you like this book I recommend reading those other two. 
The main character in this book was sooo frustrating. I understand that she was teenage girl who knew nothing about nothing but there were some moments where she did things that were so dumb it was unforgivable.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

kendramekalle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow! Just wow! I went into this kind of blind. This book was the talk of a FB group I’m in and I wanted to see what the hype was all about. The themes were difficult, and our main female character Raven stressed me out. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking and Gaslighting

ashleycmms's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

remie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming and Miscarriage

macknificent's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is one of those books that you have to rate for what it is and not what it could be. What it is: a book written by a very young author, for an audience that wants to see their lives on the page but doesn't expect great literary works. From that perspective, this is a 5 star read! However, my ratings also indicate who I would recommend it to. I have to take a star away because only fans of the genre or those familiar with the culture could appreciate this work. 

Having said all that, this book was well worth the hype. The plot was wild, the spice was spicy, and the whole book made me feel like I was back in my early 20s 😅 I see why so many are still heaping praise on it to this day. Also, Ethic really is everything so I'll be reading that series next for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt