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La Petite Mort by Olivie Blake

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justgivemeacake's review

fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The world building felt very complex, but comprehensive for such a short book. The story and the plot was well worked out and closed nicely. Relationship’s between the characters could have been better developed and I wouldn’t mind for FMC to have a bit more depth too.

akacya's review against another edition

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4.0

2024 reads: 122/250

2024 tbr: 55/120

after the death of her estranged grandmother, marisa finds herself in new orleans french quarter, with her grandmother’s house being promised to her contingent on marisa following bizarre rules. soon, she’s torn between trusting jack st. germaine, an alchemist, or elisabeth clavier, a vampire.

this was a short, but interesting, read. i quickly felt immersed in the new orleans setting, although i’ve never been. i enjoyed how there were funny and serious moments. i’d recommend this to any olivie blake fans!

ma1vina's review against another edition

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3.0

this was good but it felt like something was missing

sunwaves's review against another edition

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3.0

i love olivie blake, and it was lovely to read something written so early in her career. i especially enjoyed seeing glimpses of how her style developed into what it is today. this book is obviously not as polished as her current work, but the premise and the plot twists are solid, and i wish it would get rewritten and picked up by a publisher. the heart of this story is ultimately jack and elisabeth, and their relationship. the main character, marissa, was underwritten and fell flat. this especially showed towards the ending, which was way too abrupt and ruined the flow of the story. and as always, i absolutely devoured little chmura’s illustrations.

ceeceeholic's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

annamickreads's review against another edition

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4.0

Once again Ms Olivie Blake is serving love-triangles-that-should-or-can-become-polyamory realness!

I think the concept of this book was SO deliciously fun and did a great job of introducing lots of concepts/the main conflict/etc. very quickly. I also love that it was an elevated version of the same 'supernatural war' plot, with a smaller scale and different players. Elisabeth is iconic and frankly if you're reading something and NOT rooting for the sexy vampire are you really reading a piece of supernatural fiction at all???

No spoilers, but I love that even though Jack and Elisabeth had to put the pieces of the greater scheme together at the end, Marisa figured it out for herself FIRST despite the fact that the whole book she had been posed as a disadvantage as a mortal. I just think that's neat!

Altogether, a solid standalone supernatural read! I'm loving exploring Olivie's canon of work before The Atlas Paradox comes out on my birthday hehe