Reviews

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

jaslynreadss's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

nikitanavalkar's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Shadow daddy who is the personification of death as the MC? In a gothic historical setting with mansions and balls and a redrum mystery in the vein of Bridgerton meets Jane Eyre? SOLD.

I know this is short as compared to my usual reviews, but I read this over a couple of very busy weeks and I’m fuzzy on details but do you even need anything else to be convinced?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

lunalorenne's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

readwithme_rach's review against another edition

5.0

4.5
Literally flawless until the final page and then there was a line so cheesy I cringed... I can forgive but I can never forget

Merged review:

4.5
Literally flawless until the final page and then there was a line so cheesy I cringed... I can forgive but I can never forget

literarykaylee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

readinginpjs's review against another edition

5.0

While I don’t read a lot of fantasy generally, I do think this book is pretty unique!

arrowsartsandbooks's review against another edition

3.0

If Mexican Gothic and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue had a child, it would be this book. I really wanted to love this book but it was just average for me. The main reason why is because I couldn't connect with any of the characters except Signa and Death. Although towards the end, I did feel sympathetic for Lillian.

sophie_w's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

pages_of_emma's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

khrystn's review against another edition

4.0

Belladonna est pour moi une lecture mitigée.

Commençons par les points positifs: j'ai beaucoup aimé le développement progressif de la relation entre Signa et l'ange de la mort et j'avoue que je me suis retrouvée à vouloir que cette relation étrange et pas très saine aille plus loin (huhu). Les révélations était assez bien dosées et j'avoue m'être fait mener en bateau par l'autrice sur certains points (ce qui est une bonne chose !) même si j'avais deviné qui était le coupable, je ne l'ai pas deviné longtemps avant qu'il soit révélé.

Par contre, le gros point négatif qui a rendu cette lecture mitigée pour moi est que j'ai vraiment eu du mal à rentrer dedans. Pourtant, le mystère autour de la mort de Lilian arrive assez vite, et oui, j'avais envie savoir qui l'avait empoisonné mais je sais pas, je n'ai pas aimé le début... Les personnages sont réalistes et intéressants, il n'y a rien à redire là-dessus mais j'ai mis beaucoup de temps à m'attacher à eux, peut-être parce qu'au final je n'aime pas tellement Signa, le personnage principal.

En tout cas, c'est une bonne lecture au final, mais je ne suis pas totalement satisfaite car j'ai du m'accrocher au début pour ne pas abandonner.