A review by theanggegames
The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

4.0

oooh i'm so torn. all i know is that this is a 3 to 4 star rating for me. i'll bump it up to 4.

i liked this book, okay. i liked the plot twists, the slow reveal of stuff. i kinda knew that Alon
Spoileris the sacrificed woman's child
but also i was surprised that they
Spoilerwere actually the Diwata's adopted child
lmao. it made sense to be honest.

i also like how the ritual
Spoilerwas never finished
! i was fully expecting
Spoiler Alon to be in on it
but that was a nice subversion of the trope.

and of course, the colonialism comments *chef's kiss*. although, it is weird that they're supposed to be near Leyte but Alon's speaking in Tagalog. they were also
Spoilerraised by their grandma
so i don't know. It would have been cool if Alon did speak in Waray the few times that he talked using a Filipino language.

this is scary but not "put down the phone to recover" scary for me. i made a lot of "ooh that is disgusting" faces while reading though hahaha. maybe this is why i'm on the fence about the rating. but all in all, this is a nice spooky read.