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Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

11 reviews

magyklyxdelish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Damn. I may have predicted a few things but there were still a couple surprises. Didn’t take away from how hauntingly beautiful and disgusting this was. Man I loved this so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Murder, Confinement, and Torture

theatrealpaca's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Animal death, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Sexual harassment, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Death of parent

loyed5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING! My god. Such a good read, short and exciting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual violence

mfrisk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was stunning and everything you could want from queer horror.

You’re taken from romance, over the top sweetness, and saccharine words (many of which I had to look up) to sheer dread and fear. I so look forward to reading more from this author and seeing how they peel back the layers in another story.

This book to me
had parallels to Misery, Midsommar, Hannibal and was an excellent addition to the cottagegore genre. For those who’ve read This is where we talk things out this is also a great queer horror read-alike which touches on similar themes. Also a good reminder to have people in your life who’d sound the alarm if you uproot your life. Ro you grew on me throughout this story and I’m rooting for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Minor: Alcohol

afaerytale's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

A great cottagecore horror short with a guessable but enjoyable twist near the end however the very end twist surprised me. A really good read, you could almost taste the cupcakes and smell the scented soaps!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Gore, Vomit, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

nicolehoyme's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Cannibalism

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Torture

Minor: Sexual content and Lesbophobia

elgrey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Overall Bloom is an incredible piece of queer horror that does not have the characters’ sexualities be a major part of the plot. While at times the writing falls into fanfiction territory, I still throughly enjoyed this story and its truly delectable & delightful hints to what’s happening. As I slowly realized what happened, I genuinely felt sick to my stomach /pos. 

Quite campy, but quite compelling!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Hey gang the whole premise of this story is cannibalism as romance so just a heads up <3

anamuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm not a wasteful person but

I'm never going to be able to look at a turkey baster the same way again

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, Body horror, and Animal death

rhiannonafternoon's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.5

What enchants you at the beginning of this story is what makes it the scariest at the end. New love, feelings you can’t quite explain, and red flags floating right on by, Ro is in far far over her head. She just doesn’t realize in what capacity. 

I got a little hung up on some of the vocabulary, but it’s fitting for Ro’s character. It was just hard to parse if there weren’t context clues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Torture