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Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May

15 reviews

ratjoy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The pacing was the main challenge of this book... otherwise it has some great elements... I love the concept, the plot, and the characters in theory but something didn't click for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Alcohol

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Alcohol

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

seren'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

minimaiasaura'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: War, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Classism, Abortion, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

epithetofthemoon's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Rape

marcostorin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Murder, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Infertility, Rape, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Drug use

ramunepocky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I have been excited about reading this book for a long time and I am delighted that it didnt let me down at all !!! It was dark and bloody and very witchy !!! Ik Wild and Wicked Things is often described as a retelling of The Great Gatsby with a witchy twist, which idk enough about to compare it to having never read the book myself, but it was certainly a wild ride and has made me interested to read The Great Gatsby !!! I rlly rlly enjoyed this book, as stressful as it often was in places, and how everything seemed to constantly escalate and every "solution" just became a further problem. The magic system was extremely intriguing, especially the use of blood magic, and how every magic had a different scent and taste. I was very curious about Nathan's abilities and how hard that must have made the world for him. I also found the concept of the Debt and Giving very interesting too. 

I enjoyed the switching perspectives and appreciared the fact that both Emmeline and Annie had very distinct voices that made it clear who we were following even without the chapter indicators. I liked watching Annie grow into her magic, become stronger willed and more morally questionable. 

I hated Bea with a passion, she was extremely selfish and the cause of so many of the problems and yet she wasnt willing to claim responsibility for any of it. She was constantly blaming everyone else for her problems and the way she acted. I did feel a little kinder towards her at the end, but I will stand by the fact that everything is Bea's fault.

I also found learning about the history of Cross House and what Cilla did to the orphans and how it shaped them to be both interesting and horrifying, and I am so glad that we got to see Emmeline put an end to that.

And my favourite character died, which is just the standard really, so am I surprised?? No, but I had hoped for better for them, especially after all the signs of them dying were there, but I had hoped that the cards were wrong.

Wild and Wicked Things is a bloody tale of magic, murder and intrigue, and I enjoyed it thoroughly !!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War and Pregnancy

THERES ALSO THAT WEIRD LINE OF NOT QUITE SELF HARM BUT ITS ALSO BLOOD MAGIC SO THEY LIKE PRICK THEIR FINGERS, CUT THEIR PALMS ETC TO USE IT

scam_lark's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

raven9949's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Nothing terribly new. I struggled to get through this one a little, I was so glad I was done…. I spent more than half the book waiting impatiently for the characters to get a clue and see the obvious things…. I’d be more shocked about the big antagonist reveal if it had actually mattered… which it really didn’t. He might as well have been the faceless unknown “evil” ultimately… he didn’t really do much for the story. 

I spent more than 65% of the book hoping Bea would just bite it…. She’s manipulative and self absorbed and I’ve spent want too much of my time dealing with those types in real life to handle them in my fiction too. I don’t particularly enjoy the useless lesbian fumbles after, and swallows every spoonful of poison from the pretty straight girl because maybe she might love her back one day trope… I need my MCs to get some boundaries and self respect and to boot Bea out the door…. And that took way too long to happen. I mean the pacing was a complete nightmare the the tone of it was just darker than dark and not really for any reason other than to be really dramatic made it feel like a gothic telenova. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, and Child abuse

thereisnotry54's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I enjoyed some of the over-the-top romance, but it was very confusing. There were interludes from other perspectives which did tie in nicely eventually. The style of book changed to get a lot more intense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, War, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Infidelity