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I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

23 reviews

motz_stick's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

A really great read by a promising new author, but I also wished it was longer. A few parts felt rushed and glossed over (see spoiler section. )

The sudden mention of Rose Marie as Josephine’s killer was great for anticipation, but it never felt fully confirmed. Similarly, the anticipation during Coralie’s killing had me gripping the edge of my seat, but it later felt anticlimactic. I would’ve liked to see the ending extended more than some of the repetitive content in the middle where we saw her greed/monstrosity grow. It felt as though killing her best friend didn’t impact her at all, which I could understand considering how Acheron affects her, but then she suddenly dropped that she was affected by it. Similarly, what happened to Rose Marie after she ran off? We learn that Laure is presumed dead yet returns to the ballet to quit, but there’s little mention of the others.

Despite my qualms with the pacing and focus, I really enjoyed this book and I’m looking forward to getting my hands on the second one in the series. The characters, although flawed, are really loveable and the romance is intoxicating. I’m looking forward to seeing more from Shea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Vomit, and Alcohol

pastelhxrmony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

I loved this story all the way through. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me follows the story of Laure, a ballerina in Paris, as she sacrifices herself to the ballet and an eldritch god and slowly becomes a monster.

*SPOILERS*

The things I liked

• Great prose
• Absolutely feral main character
• Lots of great elements that kept me intrigued
• Very good attention to detail, I could visualize the story unfold in my head very vividly 

Things I didn’t like

• The pacing was a bit rough in some areas but not unbearable.
• I found it weird how some details are brought up and never addressed again. For ex, it’s mentioned that Laure had talked to the police after finding Joséphine yet this is never brought up again although it seems important
• I also feel like Joséphine died too early and I think she could have been utilized a little longer. It felt like she was set up to play a bigger role imo

Overall an awesome debut. I did enjoy reading very much and I will definitely read the sequel !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, and Abandonment

keen's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Torture, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming and Vomit

llams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

murderousscottishgremlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I LOVE a morally grey female character. Shea fully committed to Laure’s arc and the payoff was really satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Body shaming, Racism, and Classism

mayarobinson831's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

ilaxaria's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Body shaming

juan_adhd_reading's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So what if she’s the Devil? At least the Devil has a JOB. At least she’s ACTIVE in the COMMUNITY!

Seriously, this book had me stressed since before the supernatural things even started happening. This book was an excellent insight at the elitist and cutthroat world that is ballet. This book was filled with terrible characters and I LOVED IT!!! This was a villain origin story in which ambition may have gotten the best of Laure, desperate to climb to the top, to the point where she was willing to sacrifice her own soul (and even worse, her ability to dance!). I loved seeing everyone who was horrible to Laure get what they deserved, and watching Laure slowly become corrupted by her newfound powers. My only complaint would be the pacing, which was slow at times, but I’m really excited to see how the story escalates in the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thethingwithfeathers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

styxx's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment