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tguccione's review
adventurous
dark
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
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Torture, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
luckylolabug's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
The small highlight: Despite the book not being written well, I like Fin as a character and his relationship with Clara. They feel like equals and its not shoved in your face. Though it feels weird that I'm invested in the guy who basically sells the Fae equivalent of weed and LSD to other Fae. He's constantly claimed to be morally Grey but I don't see it. Hes a far better person than his cousin.
Now for everything else:
You could skip most of Louisa's chapters and still not miss much, honestly. Her dynamic with the Nutcracker prince was a chore to get through. They have the same argument a million times, and he treats her like garbage only to turn around and gaslight her when they get together. Hard pass.
(Also the vampiric tendencies are painful and it's clear the author has a thing for vampires with how many allegories there are)
For a book that's probably 75% smut or people being horny, it's not written well. I found myself cringing at almost every attempt at dirty talk or something that I assume is supposed to be hot. ("My heart was wet for him" Really, Rebecca?) It also reads oddly male gazey when focusing on Louisa while the segments with Clara aren't nearly as dick-centric, which is odd. It felt like two different authors wrote the different couples.
The plot weirdly enough moves too fast and also too slow at the same time. They get into the thick of things very quickly and almost every altercation is resolved pretty immediately. But there's also LONG segments where I was begging for ANYTHING to happen (usually because it was another argument between Louisa and Lir).
The ending is incredibly anticlimactic, is fixed way too quickly, and everyone is happy. Yay? For all the times it mentions trauma, everyone seems pretty content to bury it by the end. Maybe because they're too busy burying themselves in someone else to care.
Now for everything else:
You could skip most of Louisa's chapters and still not miss much, honestly. Her dynamic with the Nutcracker prince was a chore to get through. They have the same argument a million times, and he treats her like garbage only to turn around and gaslight her when they get together. Hard pass.
(Also the vampiric tendencies are painful and it's clear the author has a thing for vampires with how many allegories there are)
For a book that's probably 75% smut or people being horny, it's not written well. I found myself cringing at almost every attempt at dirty talk or something that I assume is supposed to be hot. ("My heart was wet for him" Really, Rebecca?) It also reads oddly male gazey when focusing on Louisa while the segments with Clara aren't nearly as dick-centric, which is odd. It felt like two different authors wrote the different couples.
The plot weirdly enough moves too fast and also too slow at the same time. They get into the thick of things very quickly and almost every altercation is resolved pretty immediately. But there's also LONG segments where I was begging for ANYTHING to happen (usually because it was another argument between Louisa and Lir).
The ending is incredibly anticlimactic, is fixed way too quickly, and everyone is happy. Yay? For all the times it mentions trauma, everyone seems pretty content to bury it by the end. Maybe because they're too busy burying themselves in someone else to care.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking
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