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ro_lux's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Child abuse, Vomit, and Terminal illness
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Classism, and Child abuse
Minor: Sexual content
melissaslibraryy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Grief
Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, and Misogyny
Minor: Sexual content
alittlenutmeg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
brieparis's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Death
Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury
dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This story is full of ghosts and murder, with a surprising romantic aspect to it.
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Terminal illness and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
linhsreadinghour's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
In summary: A gothic fantasy murder mystery that takes place in regency-ish times. Signa Farrow grapples with her own identity and desires whilst solving a murder mystery. Belladonna is one of them books that should be read for fun. There is nothing particularly astonishing about this book other than it was very entertaining and overall a good YA fantasy novel in terms of its writing, plot development and characters.
The book tackles themes such as identity, coming of age, role of women in society. Most importantly, the book tackles themes of grief/death in a refreshing way.
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Up until 75%, not much happened and it was just Signa trying to solve the murder. At 75%-80%, I found myself uncomfortably laughing out loud in disbelief and at the romance for a number of reasons.
There is one chilli pepper (🌶️) in this book, I don’t particularly have strong feelings either way about this in Belladonna. The book could have done without it and it still would have been good.
The plot twists at the end were very good, I did not see that coming but they weren’t enough to satisfy the entire book for me so I rate it a 3.5 ⭐️. Will I continue the series? I think so, the ending made me intrigued to read the next book, but it’s not the case that I will be jumping immediately into it.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
ylimesnwot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy
bakergirlsbooks1999's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gore, Alcohol, and Blood
cuddleemily's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Death, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol