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Soul of a Witch by Harley Laroux

16 reviews

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

writingbugtop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

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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marsh_mall0w'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Grief and War

megsssss_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

ricaax's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Murder

weelasswithabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? No

3.75

3.5 🌟 

CW war, violence, torture, suicide, death of a parent, ritual sacrifice, religious/cult fanaticism, murder, gore, graphic sexual content, mutilation, edgeplay (knives, piercing), needles 

🌟 Erotic Horror romance
 🌟 Paranormal romance
 🌟 Dark romance
 🌟 Witch x Demon romance 

🌶 Bondage
 🌶 Switches
 🌶 Pegging 
 🌶 Flogging 
 🌶 Edgeplay 

I'd just like to know how the hell Harlry Laroux managed to write a trilogy following each couples same objective, with all timelines running parallel to each other, yet every story managed to stay unique and not be same-y... What sorcery is this? 

Anyway, back to Soul of a Witch. In comparison to the previous two books in the trilogy, I don't feel like I connected with Everly and Callum in the same way that I did with previous pairings. I feel like SOMETHING lacked but I cannot, for the life of me, put my finger on what it was. 

I have seen people be negative about Callums choice of pet names etc. However, I think it was a superior choice because it really harks back to just how long he's been wandering the earth as a demon. So his dialogue often has the vibe of historical romance type dialogue and I ATE. THAT. UP. 

Spicy wise, it's definitely on par with the previous two books in that it was off the charts and I was as shook as always 🤣 

The connection between Everly and Callum sometimes felt a bit strained and I have to say I felt it more on his part. We felt his yearning, his pining, his absolute adoration and dedication to Everly. I didn't get the same from Everly's POV. This may have been an intentional choice, however, as Callum has basically been looking for Everly for thousands of years whereas Callum is fairly new to her. 

I loved that we got to the point where Everly has that moment in the past where she asks him for help that we saw at the beginning when Callum sees her for the first time. It felt... I can't explain it. Like I loved seeing that interaction from both perspectives even though they were at the beginning and the end. It felt full circle. 

Anyway. If you love dark romance with a touch of horror (which I typically don't so I have no idea why I'm obsessed with this series 🤣), this trilogy is a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy

katlynnnxo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

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

madoav's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

I really enjoyed this book, and thought that it was a good end to the trilogy. It was really refreshing to see clear and actual communication between Callum and Everly, and still have the plot move forward in a way that made sense!

I was a little disappointed that we didn’t see more about what happened to Victoria, outside of what we already know, but that wasn’t too much of an issue. Also, the pregnancy trope at the end didn’t even bother me! I found it cute, to be honest.

i’d give this book 10 out of 10 if I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry