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spatterson7'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
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
asipofcozy'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
This is definitely a book for enjoyment over intricacy. At times the plot would get lost in the author's need for smut. The games and twists were intriguing but were shoved to the background many times for the character's to play out their emotions. I wanted to know more backstory but that tended to get lost in the mayhem of focusing on the characters and the present.
I know the author said you don't have to read the Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy to pick up this standalone that take place in the same world...I beg to differ. If you haven't read Kingdom of the Wicked at times some of the smaller plot pieces will be lost on you, and also the ending of KoTW will be spoiled as the book picks up right after that and gives away a lot of that plot. There are also a lot of characters that are introduced in KoTW and you get the backstories there not here.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Cannibalism
beckyremillard'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
marizajane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death and Sexual content
jessicakauffman15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Classism
ashlyncherie'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment
emilyreadwhat's review against another edition
4.0
This is definitely a SPICY book, not just a book with some spice mmmkay 🫣 I love a slow burn and enemies to lovers, so the slow tension and the pov swaps were well done and the tension lasted long enough to make the spice feel un-forced (although there are also some spicy scenes described that are not between the main characters, so fair warning those snuck up on me unexpectedly). I haven’t read the previous books by this author but after finishing this one, I definitely want to! I want to read a book for every one of the seven brothers so I’m hoping she does quite a few of them at least because this was such an interesting read! I found the character development entertaining, the bad guys were truly awful and the enemies to lovers had great banter and tension. Really enjoyable read! My only complaints would be that I saw a few of the major plot twists kind of coming, so while I was excited about them I wasn’t SHOCKED, and it was a tad spicier than I’m usually comfortable with with the background scenes that were described (vampire dinner party I’m looking at you). I’ll definitely read the sequel though!
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment
allisonk9's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement and Alcohol
straybutterfly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
samlauren07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
- 🌶️3.5 . There was alot of great tension and well written spice. It felt like an adult wrote these scenes and they were well done.
- This is like if Bridgerton, the show Lucifer, and the Fae universe had a baby. The world was super interesting.
- The book was difficult starting but once you are past the first couple of chapters you won’t be able to put it down. It sucks you in to the game being played.
- The plot twists were EXCELLENT and kept coming.
- Honestly, this could be a 5 star read I just don’t love plots about games, but this was by far one of the best conceptually.
- This can be read as a standalone or a part of the authors universe. I read it as a standalone and had no trouble following anything.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment