Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

573 reviews

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Gore, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Torture, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Addiction, Physical abuse, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tori_borialis's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: War

teaandbooksnuggery's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Violence

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

The way Constanta, Magdalena, and Alexi loved each other had me breathless. The ending was everything I wanted and more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Blood, and Violence

bookmothmav's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow… this book… 

Seeing how S. T. Gibbon articulates an abusive with how the three spouses react to Dracula was so intriguing. One may adapt and learn to live with it, another may fall into a deep depression that at times consumes them, and another may fight back. But we see them break constantly under Dracula’s control as they are lead to believe he loves them even though they know he doesn’t. 

This obsessiveness Dracula has with his spouses is so toxic but he’s able to wrap it up as a dream, to make them dependent on him. When they finally find a way to break free of him, them almost back out because of this. The seeds of dependency he planted in all of them are rooted so deep that they almost don’t take the risk of leaving. 

This is such a beautifully toxic story and I wish we where able to see more of all the spouses after that climax.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Blood

jassieex's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence

Minor: War

priamoon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Blood

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Grief

cadence_e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

This books prose and style was enchanting, it pulls you in and feels so very real. It's incredibly vivid and poetic, however it lacked certain depth, particularly in the plot.

I found the romance to very strong lean towards insta love, especially when it came to Magdalena and Alexi. I understood the allure and love surronding Dracula a bit more  especially where it leaned towards manipulation.  However, the depth of love and affection towards the fellow spouses felt a bit unexplained. 

The characters were interesting, but were a bit too closely tied to lust, while claiming the love and passion of actually affection. This left me feeling like I was seeing the characters perspective and feelings with the prose, but without any lasting impressions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Death, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Sexual content, Death, and Blood