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caligula1241's review against another edition
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Confinement
kerrierbest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, and Slavery
bethy_joy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Death, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Torture
tyrannosaurus_lex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Vomit, Sexual content, Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Gaslighting, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, War, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Abandonment
louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition
- 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
<spoilers>I'd also like to say I'm proud of myself for figuring out the answer to the riddle quite quickly. It was easy because of the common themes in the book and how the Antagonist centered all of her actions around one thing. Riddles often have simple answers. The writing and foreshadowing in the first three quarters of the book really helped to make the answer obvious to the reader(in my opinion).<spoilers>
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Torture
Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death
egurgens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I’ve heard a few things about the characters, so I was surprised that I disliked Rhys up until the last few chapters, and I greatly enjoyed Tamlin. There is a slight ‘Beauty and the Beast’ aspect, in the hidden curse, but this is so much darker and sexier than that story could ever be. Torture, death, loss, challenges, sacrifices, this book has it all.
Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, War, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Death of parent
bisquii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
This book is crazy dark towards the end. There’s a lot to process and a long period of Horrible Things and Situations Specifically Designed To Be Impossible that make the MC rightfully distressed and it can get hard to read through at points. (This part gets extra Problematic so to keep the Escapism™️ just ignore the “I have to assault you for your own good” and enjoy the trip to ‘Of Course These Are Green Flags What Are You Talking About’ city.amyhamilton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence
lillythebluepaladin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
ALSO I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, but the sex and the violence and the toxic relationships (platonic and romantic and sexual) really beg to differ.
I really wanted to like this book, with its beautiful cover and chapter page art, but I was just annoyed in all of the characters throughout the entire thing (I did really like Lucien tho).
The villain was a bit too much of a classical Disney villain. “HAHA I HAD YOU FOOLED ALL ALONG YOU PITIFUL HUMAN”, she says while twirling her evil moustache.
I really like how some of the violence was written, and believe that the universe and the book itself would have worked a lot better if it didn’t go all in on the “romance”, I am so sorry but are the straights okay??? and went from a Beauty And The Best retelling to a tale of a woman fighting for her life against an evil far overlord.
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Toxic friendship, Slavery, and Toxic relationship
scarlettx's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Violence