Reviews with content warning for Injury/Injury detail - Raparigas Selvagens

This was not what I thought it would be at all but if I didn't enjoy the hell out of it anyway, tho.
It's actually gross, so don't read it if you're squeamish. But otherwise? Who doesn't love some good ol' wlw romance?

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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jahara's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I liked the horror elements. The world it was set in and the body horror. The writing was good and I enjoyed Byatts perspectives. All in all, the first half of the book was good, the second half towards the end felt really rushed with everything happening at once. I didn’t really understand the way the ending is supposed to work in the context of a standalone.

I feel like the romance between hetty and reese could’ve been set up/kept up better. It didn’t feel out of nowhere but they didn’t really linger on any tension either. I liked that they went into the guilt of hetty killing Mr. Harker and that Reese doesn’t just easily forgive her and I think their dynamic had a lot of potential that just wasn’t really used to its full extend.

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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

If you heard this book was sapphic and are picking it up solely because of that don’t. You need more information. That’s what I did and I was shocked and not in a pleasant way.

The love story is not the main focus of the book seeing as it is not a romance and it is really barely there at all. Frankly, these girls have other, bigger things to worry about.

This is a horror story with a lot of body horror and murder so just be prepared. An infection has spread through the girls on an island and changes their bodies in terrible ways. It is a little Lord of the Flies esque in the way that have to fight for food and survival, but their bonds with each other are stronger.

I personally thought the ending was very satisfying and ended exactly how it needed too. However it is an ending that leaves interpretation to the reader so if you don’t like that don’t read this book.

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