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Soul of a Witch by Harley Laroux

7 reviews

liaantje's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

AAAAAAAAAA WHY IS IT OVERRRR.
I loved this book so so much it was amazing and the characters, omg the characters were EVERYTHING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

swolds's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

This book was the best in the series for me. We follow the same timeline, but it emphasizes more on the magical elements and creatures. We get to see the hell the demons keep talking about. The male main character is so caring and protective, just when you thought it wasn’t possible. The personal growth we see is also very wholesome. This book gave me all the feels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Later in the series we also get into a

pregnancy

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shinyfox's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

cryosphinx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

I devoured half this book in a night, but everything past that started to bore me and I started skimming. I'm not sure if it's because at this point we've heard about The Deep One and his cronies for three books so it was pretty much told at this point. And that little thing that happens at 97% with

Everly getting knocked up

made me throw my Kindle down. Get out of here.  The spice hits but the plot was meh. 

I did like this one was more fantasy and the witchy vibes were immaculate but I didn't particularly like Everly or Callum (too insta-love and no development between innocent and sex expert, give me some pinning and unsure feelings). But maybe because Zane and Juniper are <3 and nothing can beat them.  I still found the trilogy unique by having it told from three different couple's perspectives. I hope we get more in this world because I need me some demon boys.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

elledanie's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you to Harley Laroux and JLRC author services for the digital ARC.
This book will release 08/31/2023

If you love The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, and Beautiful Creatures, the setting is for you, and the smut will not disappoint.
I could not put this book down and I am still thinking about it now.
Harley seems to time their releases just right, because Soul of a Witch is perfect for the rainy-spooky season we have coming up. I promise you, you’re going to want to cozy up with a warm drink and binge this book (and its prequels, if you haven’t read those).
It has been a joy to watch Harley grow with their characters in this book, and they continue to set incredibly high standards for fictional men and/or love interests.
This is the book of the season, you’re not going to want to miss it.

I loved to see the different story pieces finally slide together. Even after having read the same story three times through different POVs, Soul of a Witch still manages to add so many unique things to the story, be it through the characters or the world building. 
Harley manages to lure the reader in through the setting, and then introduces a big scary wolf of a demon with a heart of gold. Callum could be described as a golden retriever boyfriend, and he lives up to his honorary title of “Daddy Callum” alright. 
I loved seeing Everly step into her power — And she really is powerful. I think she will serve as an important character for many people to relate to in different ways, because she will teach readers that abusive situations must not last forever, and that we all have the power to create our own destiny and be the makers of our own happiness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

CW as provided by the author: “Subjects include descriptions of anxiety and panic attacks, mentions of death/suicide of a parent, religious abuse, mental and physical abuse by a parent to their adult child, pregnancy, discussion of miscarriage/pregnancy loss, graphic violence and elements of horror, including body horror.” Sexual content as provided by the author:

“bondage/restraint, impact play, consumption of bodily fluids, public play, ritual sex, blood play, knife play, use of drugs/intoxication during consensual sex, piercing play, extra large penetration, monster dick, and pegging.”