Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino

30 reviews

abookishwasp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

what the fuck is that last page? no just no i dont care i did not just read that. that line doesnt exist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Vomit

em1115's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Death of parent, Cancer, and Blood

loony_lucy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Murder, and Self harm

kelliejean's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Violence

cameronreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Y'all! This reminded me why I love dark academia. It was atmospheric, spooky, and actually scared me at times. I loved the writing and the characters and the plot and twists had me on the edge of my seat. My reactions to this book were completely obscene; cringing in fear, gasping in shock, even holding back tears a couple of times. I loved how it incorporated second person POV, and how scary the devil was made to be. I don't think this book will be for everyone, but it was definitely for me. The perfect Autumn/spooky season read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Grief and Vomit

Minor: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

readingbetweenthenotes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Violence

readablelife's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence and Death

saimab's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Infidelity and Terminal illness

Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

sistershelves_fasya's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Atmospheric dark academia with demons, witches, and gore!? Heck yeah, sign me up!

This book gave me the creep and delivered gore that I can still handle. No worries it's not in a slasher genre kind of level, but still makes me squeamish yet I like it! There's a scene that gives me chills (stop right here, spoiler ahead) when the 'supposed to be dead and decayed' friend of the MC follows her home (while FLOATING!) and then banging on her dorm room. If that happened to me, I'd die I tell you!

Even though the first third was slow but I still enjoyed it! Especially because both of the MCs are dealing with family issues and they're slowly connecting to each other. I know you like slow burn enemies to lovers!

It may not scare advanced horror readers, but if you're new to the genre and want to dive into a creepy spooky book, I recommend this one!

Trigger warnings: Self-harm, child abuse, parental illness, cheating parent, blood/gore, possession leading to degradation of mental state

PS: pardon my grammar.....

Thanks to NetGalley and Page Street Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm

katiemack's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is deliciously scary! I won't give away too much, but the way Bovalino describes how the Devil works actually made me shudder. Unlike some authors, Bovalino doesn't let the YA label stop her from including a healthy amount of gore. I usually read these NetGalley eARCs before bed, and I had to stop doing that with this one because it was too frightening. There were a couple of plot points that made me pause (again, don't want to give too much away), but for the most part the plot speeds along like a train about to collide with the side of a mountain.

If you like dark academia but want it in YA form, this is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse