Reviews tagging 'Incest'

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

24 reviews

li_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gore, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Incest and Cannibalism

kestrel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

The writing style was the best part of this book. I am mesmerized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Incest

None of the characters are related, but they keep referring to themselves as "sister", "son", etc. That's why I put incest as cw.

madarauchiha's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

 ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜  my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️

In very brief summary, this book is 'Domestic Abuse, but vampires [Dracula variation]'.

The writing is beautiful and succinct, it never overstays its welcome. I am glad it doesn't romantizise the abuse. There is a happy ending. The characters feel very unique and with their own voices. 

I give this a 4.75 stars, because white people will never get my 5 stars of color.

Content warnings:

minor: mass death, incest, rape, csa, slavery, 

medium: child death, torture, violence, 

major: blood, gore, death, murder, diseases, body horror, grooming, NSFW, domestic violence, domestic abuse, body horror, gore, manipulation, nsfw, unhealthy relationships, toxic relationships, sexual abuse, marital rape / coersion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Violence

Minor: Incest

kait_sixcrowsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Rep:

• sapphic MCs
• achillean MCs
• m/f/f/m (but let's be real, it's more like f/f/m, lmao)

*I received an eARC in exchange for an honest review*

Y'all...this book. Oh my god, I love it. Seriously, it's so good. First, the way it's written? As if it were a letter (or series of letters) from Constanta to the unnamed lord that turned her into a vampire? It works!! So well!!! And the writing itself is beautiful and poetic and dark, laced with sadness even though you can feel the hatred seething underneath it all, and my goodness, this was. Amazing.

And the characters! I absolutely love Constanta and the two others who the lord changes, Magdalena and Alexi. They deserve all the good and happy things in the world, and I hope they get them. The ending was so good for them, and I'm so so glad it ended the way that it did.

There will be a full review on my blog later this week!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, and Self harm

Other warnings include: depressive symptoms; gaslighting