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callistag1's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury
blueskyreview'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Animal death and Death
Minor: Death of parent
amacmanus'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
saucy_bookdragon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Also, I felt the use of Wicca was just cliche and leaned into stereotypes that pagan religions are demonic/evil. Not saying that's what the author was intending, rather that's how I read it. With that said, I am not very familiar with Wicca nor the author and so do not know how accurately it was portrayed, so take it with a grain of salt and correct me if I'm wrong.
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
modernmatilda's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death
cjdbooks1's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
hiashleynine's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse and Blood
Moderate: Confinement and Death
Minor: Death of parent
carlaabra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
She was there when he woke again. He felt her presence like a bruise, as though she’d been beaten into his bones.
Unfortunately the author couldn’t stick the landing. Some of the flowery language gets excessive (who uses a word like eonian?). The third act in particular was a mess - plot spiraling out of control, random cameos from characters from the prior book that haven’t been mentioned in this one. Our MCs saying awful YA lines like this:
“It was supposed to be my graduation dress…I didn’t walk though, so. Now it’s just something I take out and stare at when I’m feeling tragic.”
“The end justifies the means,” <blank> said. “Niccolo Machiavelli said that.”
We never do find out what Wyatt did to Micah, which is annoying since it’s mysteriously hinted at the entire goddamn book. I think Wyatt should’ve been either a few years younger or a few years older. Eighteen is too old to be this naive and angsty. It’s also (imo) too young to be making decisions about the future of your bloodline and the world (since she is apparently
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
tnemelce's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
alatedbibliophile's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I received an advanced copy of this book to give my honest review. Everything in this review is written in my own words for no other compensation than the e-copy of this book. For more information on my review policy, click here.
This was my first read by Kelly Andrew. I have to admit, the cover immediately drew me in, and then I read the blurb and knew I had to read it. Fantasy? Check. Creepy aesthetic? Check. Friends-to-enemies-to-lovers vibes? Check, check, check!
This book was [mostly] a pleasant surprise. It was wonderfully written with some lovely prose that I greatly enjoyed reading. I love fantasy and paranormal, so the premise of this story was right up my alley.
- the monsters in this book were genuinely creepy and a couple times what I was reading gave me a chill I wasn’t expecting!
- Peter was a walking red flag and I loved it.
- since I didn’t read the first book Kelly wrote, I had no prior attachments to or expectations for Wyatt’s friends and the way they were introduced to this book was kind of jarring. They were just all of the sudden there. Maybe if I’d read the other book, it wouldn’t have felt so out of the blue, I’m not sure.
- this has no merit to the story whatsoever, but this is absolutely one of my favorite covers ever. It’s gorgeous!
Overall, I enjoyed this book as a whole, but I’ve gotta admit…the ending almost ruined it for me. Oftentimes the ending will either make or break a book, and this one kind of broke the book in my opinion. This will not be a re-read. Honestly, if I’d known how the book was going to end, I probably wouldn’t have ever picked it up to begin with. If you have book ending anxiety, I have a spoiler tag below that you can click on. Otherwise, that’s all I’m going to say about it. (I took the spoilers out of this review. If you want to read them, feel free to visit my blog)
3/5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, and Death of parent