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alisonvh's review against another edition
- 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
I think what threw me off is I found it hard to relate to the main character. She’s the type who expects things to go wrong, so she has a tendency to self-sabotage. Although I was able to understand why she was doing what she was doing, it’s so far from who I am that I found it hard to relate to her.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Child abuse
songwind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Set in a faux-Victorian secondary world, this book has a lot going on for such a face paced story. The POV character, Delly Wells, starts the story just scrambling to stay housed, and completely hopeless. Her life has become a mosaic of drunkenness, scams, and one night stands trying to keep her head above water and make life halfway tolerable while she does so.
One run in with the police and a bit of quick thinking later, and Delly's managed to con herself into a bodyguard job on the strength of her skills as a fire witch. Things quickly escalate and complicate from there. There is a murder plot, bounty hunting, a love con, undead mice, and more. By the end of book, a great many things (and people!) have changed, and more than a few did not go the way Delly Wells thought they would.
Highly recommended.
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment
clarabooksit's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicide
the_lesbrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death and Classism
relin's review against another edition
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Violence, and Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
There is also attemptedrachellyeah's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
dealingwithdragons's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Infertility