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mutantfoodie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Rape
sandrasbookgraph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
calsivier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Some character developments are lack. There so many secrets need to have further explanation, like Vad and Corvina past live, fake Jade true identity (her name) and motives (I need more), all the bones they found in woods and tunnel, also the main characters chemistry need to be more engaged not only by sexual transaction, but also by their deepest mind and heart toward each other. I don't have any complain about RuNyx writing style, I enjoy everything. I expect to read more of her books in future.
Lastly, I like the ending, how Vad actually really loves Corvina with all his heart. Him spending his time taking care Corvina on Institute, helping her to overcome her trauma by talking to her and moving on from Verenmore even though that place is everything for him, and still marrying her despite all her flaws.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
fantasygirliesilho's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
Minor: Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
_marinas_world's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Suicide
amaranth_wytch's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Child death, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
tiredtristan's review against another edition
2.0
-honestly had high expectations starting the book but it just had way too much going on and most of the things are never mentioned again. This storyline and its characters had so much potential but sadly, this book did not deliver imo
Oh and the recommended playlist was cute, I’m definitely going to give it a listen.
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
mwalsh97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The FMC is a bit of a "I'm not like other girls because I have dark hair and weird eyes." Maybe I'm just over that trope, I think it's been around for a while and shows up in YA books fairly often. I also couldn't tell when the book was set in? There was internet and cell phones but the FMC lived off grid and the town around the school seemed more akin to a old timey town than a modern one. Maybe that's just because of the lack of description in the time period department, it took away from the story a bit. Anytime the technology was brought up it seemed both more advanced and out of place than it should be. In my brain I settled on the time period being late '80s to '90s since it was never specified or made clear in the story itself.
RuNyx writes really good spooky paranormal mysteries and I think this story could have stood on its own without the explicit spice if the it was fleshed out more and tweaked a little. I would love to see a less spicy spooky paranormal mystery from them in the future.
Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide
Moderate: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
doodlebeanz'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
1.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
howboutjane'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? It's complicated
5.0
She reads tarot and dislikes underwear. He plays piano and has no qualms about f'kin you on the side of the road in the middle of a thunderstorm. There's a spooky castle and some unexplained unalivings. It's giving Wednesday Addams x Winx club x Phantom of the opera with a healthy dose of hot for teacher.
"You're the mountain I build my castle on, brick by brick. You stand, I soar. You crack, I crumble"
Vibes: immaculate 😩🤌🏽
Spice: ghost pepper hawt 🥵🌶
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death