jerkysnax's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Terminal illness, Body horror, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence
theruemorgue_03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness
ruckystarnes'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: Medical content, Body horror, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Cursing, Vomit, and Violence
caseyf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Child death, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
rebar351's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Violence, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, and Genocide
ollie_again's review against another edition
How do you take the concept of romancing the Horsemen of the Apocalypse & manage it to be extremely boring and flat at the same time? The MC keeps hamming on that Pestilence is beautiful, sexy and handsome from the very beginning, even in between him torturing her, killing people left and right and generally being the undesirable number one?
There is no gradual development of their relationship. We are meant to feel something for Pestilence as he starts thinking differently about the world, but... yikes. I did not feel any chemistry at all, there is nothing sexy in this book to be found, and when you pile that on the fact that people are dying from plague yet they get kissy-kissy in the next room, I wanna vom.
And to the darkness of the book... yes, the general idea and the things that happen are dark in theory, but the way they are portrayed and relayed left me feeling nothing. When neither the *dark* nor the *romance* in the equation can squeeze some emotion out of me, it's a pretty bad package.
Unfortunately, another overhyped romance off my TBR.
Graphic: Death, Murder, Torture, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence and Child death
Minor: Vomit, War, and Rape
omgvalkyrie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Sexual content
tatiannaskye's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Violence, Death, Torture, Murder, Child death, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
I don’t know what to say other than smut and a whole lot of deathkinskinn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Genocide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Vomit and Rape
ireadinbed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
It was so much better than I expected. I really felt for Pestilence in his struggle to accept humanity when he has repeatedly seen it's worst.
I just found it a genuinely meaningful read.
All that said, I thought the last 15% ish of the book felt very rushed. And what I came to the book for (smut, because of the read like suggestion) was honestly really underwhelming and weirdly written. I felt like the author added them because she had to and honestly I would have preferred fade to black over that awkwardness.
I'm not sure I will read on with the series but I'm sleepy tempted, especially if I need a good cry! You can't get a more intense enemies to lovers of I'm honest.
Graphic: Murder, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Trafficking, and Torture