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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well written and a neat story, but my goodness it moves slow. I recommend listening at 2x speed (I promise it’s not too fast) on audio to reduce it to a 25 hour experience.
It started off with potential, you could simply feel the New Orleans setting & Rice's passion for it, but then it quickly plummeted into "romance novel." And a bad one, at that. Grumpy, saucy language "spoiler"
Spoiler
I was determined to stick it out anyway, until what was supposed to be particularly good sex was described as being like "two way rape." OH FUCK RIGHT OFF. Giant-ass tome of trash, DNF.When I got to the incest it put me off so much I just decided this was not the series for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
The book was definitely compelling, and I was interested to the end. I didn't enjoy the ending, but considering there are two more books to come I suppose it was as it should be. I will definitely continue with the series.
Tedious, misogynistic, boring, just blah. It has no business being so incredibly long. I think I'm spoiled by all the wonderful creative bright and shiny feminist-forward witchy novels of the 21st Century but I just cannot waste my life on something this bland and miserable.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Skin-crawling horror that I couldn’t put down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Incest, Rape, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Colonisation
Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I just can’t. I’m so bored and it’s so weird. I just don’t care enough to finish and I didn’t connect with the writing at all.
The historical incest really made me dislike this. After reading another person's review it pretty much summed up the majority of my feelings to date on the book. The review didn't paint an interesting or worthwhile picture of the rest of the book. So just gonna put this one down....