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rory_drake's reviews
169 reviews
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
DNF at 69%- first time I've DNFd an SJM book, but I put the book down in February and it's now July. Can't pick it back up so I'm not going to try.
The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten
4.5
This book was so much better than the first one. I devoured it and am excited for the next one!
Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight
2.0
Listen...this book started out really promising. Dark romance? Heck yeah. Smut? Give it to me! But at about 90%, all I could think is, "why is this book so GD long?" The unnecessary spicy scenes. The chapters of just info dumping. The cringey descriptions. I just can't do it anymore. You could take at least 3 of the unnecessar spicy scenes out, and I swear this book would be 200 pages shorter. And much easier to get through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, and Deportation
Washed Up (With A Kraken) by L.E. Eldridge
3.5
My biggest complaint about this book is that the author repeatedly misgenders Jorah. It feels like they originally wrote Jorah as male and then just decided to make them nonbinary instead, but missed 1 too many places where Jorah is referred to with he/him pronouns. If you're going to do enby rep, please for the love of all that is good, pay closer attention to your editing.
The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
She's "not like other girls." Gag.
Office Hours by Isla Chiu
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
I am...deeply uncomfortable 😬
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
3.0
The story was enjoyable enough, but by the last 100 pages or so I just wanted it to be over. It just went on and on and I found myself getting bored.