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Inextricably Tied by Aveda Vice

12 reviews

rachelgreenreads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved Flint and Harbinger’s dynamic from the jump in Skin (Lost Touch Duet #0.5) and thought it developed well, especially with the introduction of Agony. These three are delightfully complex, and complement each other as well as I’d hope for any poly throuple. 

The external plot lacked a bit for me, and while it got really interesting in the end, I thought it made big portions of the book drag. It ended up feeling like filler, which is a shame because I think it was really necessary to move the internal romantic plot forward. 

There were very strong moments of prose and I wish this was edited just a bit more to create a shorter but stronger narrative. 

But, these three had me thoroughly charmed, and their development throughout was really juicy and delightful. I think the plot wrapped up really nicely by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

steph_weigle's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Death of parent

bibliomania's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Death of parent

twistykris's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent

discarded_dust_jacket's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I went into this figuring it’d be a steamy little monster romance, maybe with some dark themes and an interesting, mysterious plot, but I wasn’t expecting to CRY SO MUCH. (Aveda, darling, you will be hearing from my lawyers; I’m suing for emotional damages.)

I love these precious, broken characters. They are each endearing in their own ways, (Agony especially). I’m gonna be honest, the crime-solving part of the plot kind of took a back seat in my mind; all I cared about was the romance and all of its angsty sexual tension, lol.

Pick this one up if you’re into the idea of a throuple involving a shape-shifting mass of shadows that can, ahem, accommodate a variety of needs. 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

shector1's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Murder

Minor: Death, Vomit, and Kidnapping

krisalexcole'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

givemaribooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love Aveda's writing style, so it is not surprising that I loved this book. I wasn't sure how I felt about adding a new partner to the relationship after reading Skin, but I think Agony was a perfect addition to the group. Agony fit them perfectly, and managed to balance the relationship and force Flint and Agony to start communicating better. I also liked that each relationship was developed individually, as well as a group, although I do wish we had seen more Flint and Agony alone because I loved those two the most. Plus we got all my favorite things: banter, steam, and pinning. 

And although there were some parts of the books that I felt had slow pacing, I liked that there was a sort of mystery to solve. I think it anchored the story and gave space for the relationships to develop in way that made sense. 

I received a copies of the book as a member of the author's patreon. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

sultrytartreviews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

4.5 stars. I received and ARC of this in exchange for a fair review.

Aveda Vice is such a fantastic writer. This was very different from her other books I've read, but I adored it in the end. This story has a darker vibe with the kinap/murder mystery plot that runs counter to the romance. I loved the mystery plot, even though I did think it took a while to hit. Once it was in full swing, the book was moving very quickly and I clicked with it a lot more. Bonus: she tied in some characters from her newer Wed in the Wild series!

The emotional component of this book was so incredibly beautiful for a book about monsters, haha. Each MC had something they needed to work through in order to trust the other two in the relationship. I don't know how Aveda does it, but it was a great story to unravel. In the end, this throuple really had me as a fan and I would love to see them come up in other books! 

CW: Monster body parts, discussion of serial killer case, young girls in jeopardy, daddy kink, threesome grouping, desecration of a sorta religious site

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder