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The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

74 reviews

marywahlmeierbracciano's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Invocations is set in a world where only women can use magic, but it comes at a price.  Butch heiress Jude learns this the hard way when a misguided curse leaves her with a necrotic wound.  Zara’s racing against time to learn how to raise her sister from the dead before it’s too late.  And Emer, a gifted polylinguist and curse-writer and the sole survivor from her coven, knows that being a witch is a dangerous thing.  The three young women are brought together when it’s discovered that a serial murderer is targeting Emer’s past clients—women who were willing to sell part of their soul for magic.  Grief leads the way in this whirlwind story, gruesome and truly scary as it confronts generational wealth, misogynistic violence, demons, and empowerment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Sexual violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

jules_reads_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

i loved this! full review to come 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence and Death of parent

emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I had hard time writing a review of this book, since I don’t want to spoil anything. Just tell everyone to get this book when it’s out and binge it like I did. 

 

The book has three amazing characters, Zara, Jude and Emer, who cross paths and team up to find a killer. While trying to find the killer, the girls find out family secrets, more about magic and curses, and even find time to flirt and go on a date. Having complex and funny female characters in a YA book that make the story come alive in an amazing way is something that will always make me recommend the book. 

 

After reading this book, I started to wonder if I would you sell a piece of my soul for magic. So all I can say is, this Krystal Sutherlands book is something to look out for in January. 

 

* Review is of an early proof copy of the book that I got from work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

CW: Blood, murder, body horror, and everything other thing you might imagine in a book about witches and magic.