Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston

2 reviews

frantically's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I loved the magic system and the romance in this! Seems like Fairyloot is just forcing me to read vampire romances this year but I'm starting to get more and more into it 🩸

Ava & Roman are such a good (fr)enemies to lovers romance and seeing them get over their differences & find their way toward eachother was so beautiful.

The magic system and the competition was so creepy & strange and it just kept getting more dark — and I loved it! 

I wish this had been a duology instead because at the end, the final facedown was a bit rushed and I would've loved to see more exploration of the main antagonists & their history but still a great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

sunrae_booknook's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

3.25

Listen, I hate love triangles like this. But towards the end I was laughing because you literally have the character comparison for Xander as Joker and I was like oh yup, he’s not my little green haired beast boy lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Vomit, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Bullying, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Death of parent