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etymoye's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Hollow Heathens by Nicole Fiorina
★☆☆☆☆
Genres: New Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Paranormal / Supernatural, Urban Fantasy
Tropes: Bad Boy Hero, Possessive Hero, Magic, Secret Relationship
Available on Kindle Unlimited
This book needed the heavy hand of a good editor. I kept reading because it had the vibes I was looking for (creepy, mysterious setting in a magical town? Sign me up) but vibes are about all I could get from this book. Half of the sentences are meant to be flowery but are basically just gibberish. Example:
The real of us all in the air now.
(My note for this line was I have no idea what this means. I still couldn’t tell you. Where did the verb go?)
Unsurprisingly, the plot is also very confusing. Some people have magic, some people don’t. I spent the entire book thinking the heroine had magic because she sees ghosts, only for her to say this:
“Magic? I have no magic.” I shook my head, hearing the same story and still unable to believe it. “They tried. Dad’s coven tried to pull it out of me and force me to become one of them. They tried! I’ve been bullied and betrayed and lied to, and no matter how far they push me, there was nothing I could do to stop them. There’s nothing. No magic. I can’t do anything. I’m just a girl.”
Frankly, I’m still confused. Does she have magic or not? If not, why does she see ghosts? What did I even read? I couldn’t tell you, and this thing is 600 pages long.
Safety Stats:
Ages:Both characters are in their early 20s.
Cheating: None.
Other OM/OW: None.
Separation: This book has a sort of forbidden love/secret relationship element to it, so there are some periods of separation. They sort of fight/break up in the third act, but nobody is with anybody else.
Triggers: Past death of a toddler, the hero’s little brother. He appears as a ghost in the book. The heroine tries to jump off a cliff to kill herself in the third act to save the hero.
HEA/HFN?:I’d call it more HFN, though the book heavily implies there’s some kind of fated mates thing happening.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death and Suicide attempt
katievallin's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
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