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booksoflore's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
sabinehunter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Infertility, Toxic relationship, War, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
cassie12_21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Info on the rape: (he doesn't do it, its talked about)
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Infertility, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit
acreatureofbooksandtea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
The start of the book was basically the same as the end of the book. There was no character growth or plot progression. It genuinely felt like I had just completely wasted my time reading through the book.
The MMC had no redeemable or likable qualities. He spends much of the story sexually harassing and assaulting the FMC, or putting her life in mortal danger while he goes off to take a nap. His whole plan is to use her to further his own goals—which will require him killing her—but wants to make sure he can use her for sex fist.
When he's not sexually harassing the FMC, he's enjoying the hell out of himself by killing. Everyone. Indiscriminately. In the most brutal ways possible. One scene in particular, he tortures and skins alive a 10-year-old boy before turning him into a monster, and he's having such a good time while he does it.
The FMC goes through one life threatening situation after another in this story, is constantly injured and hurt, and is forced throughout the entire story to go through extreme mental and emotional torment. She's treated as nothing but a playing by the MMC and a pawn by almost everyone else in the story, and because of the MMC she is always being target by someone or something trying to kill her. Or in one case, rape her and then kill her.
I picked this book up because the cover was beautiful, and it was listed as a fantasy romance. This story is not a romance. Nothing romantic, loving, or even consensually sexual happens between the MCs in this book. They lust after each other, and that's it.
The focus of the story is the MMC's aspirations for power, and the FMC trying to find a way out of the world of the fae. Ultimately neither of their plans come to fruition, and at the end of the book the FMC commits suicide by walking into a field of carnivorous flowers and allowing them to burrow their vines into her body and consume her from the inside out, which is something I wasn't expecting and really wished I could have avoided reading about.
Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, and Infertility
Minor: Cannibalism
starfalle94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
There's alot of different mythical creatures in the book and they're all different and crazy sounding (in a good way) there's like a person who's made of glass, but can also shape shift!
The ending in this book made me rush to getting the second book and I'm so excited to see what happens to Valroy and Abigail.
Also Abigail isnt some 17 girl, she's around 25ish and that's sooo nice to see an "older" fmc. Young fmcs aren't bad but I don't want to read about a 17-20 year old in explicit scenes. (There's no sex in this book) but there was some detailed scenes.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Kidnapping and Rape
risquish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Gore and Violence
folkofthebook's review against another edition
4.0
Check TW/CWs cause these fae are NOT your friendly neighborhood Bat Boys from ACOTAR
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Death