A review by cozybec
The Dalwick Demon by Ashley Bennett
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.0
This was so startlingly bad I don't know what to say.
Iris gets thrown into a cave near her home because she's accused of prostitution, theft, and witchcraft. There she discovers the demon in the cave that has been receiving the sacrifices has been taking them through the mountain and helping them start new lives in the next town over. They fall instantly in lust and touch each other a lot.
Listen, I can be on board with just about anything but this was so poorly developed that I sat in baffled awe the entire time I read it. The dialogue is so unnatural that it pulled me out of the vaguely medieval setting time and time again, coupled with the fact the "spice" reads like a grocery list this was just not for me. It was not it.
The sad thing is this could have been good. It had a lot of promise and a lot of moments that read as interesting if it had been expanded on... instead we got a story of two people walking for a bit and every time they stopped they fondled each other until they fell asleep.
No thanks. Skip this one. I need to go bleach my eyeballs.
Content warnings: sexual content, allusions to sexual assault (thinly veiled as they were it might bother some people), death of a parent, epilogue baby, poorly written everything
Iris gets thrown into a cave near her home because she's accused of prostitution, theft, and witchcraft. There she discovers the demon in the cave that has been receiving the sacrifices has been taking them through the mountain and helping them start new lives in the next town over. They fall instantly in lust and touch each other a lot.
Listen, I can be on board with just about anything but this was so poorly developed that I sat in baffled awe the entire time I read it. The dialogue is so unnatural that it pulled me out of the vaguely medieval setting time and time again, coupled with the fact the "spice" reads like a grocery list this was just not for me. It was not it.
The sad thing is this could have been good. It had a lot of promise and a lot of moments that read as interesting if it had been expanded on... instead we got a story of two people walking for a bit and every time they stopped they fondled each other until they fell asleep.
No thanks. Skip this one. I need to go bleach my eyeballs.
Content warnings: sexual content, allusions to sexual assault (thinly veiled as they were it might bother some people), death of a parent, epilogue baby, poorly written everything
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Death of parent