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brielleborgia's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
🌶🌶🌶🌶/5
I guess you could say I went straight into this unknowing what to expect. And if you’re interested in knowing what to expect:
🖤Dark Academia/ dark romance
🖤A huge mystery plot/twist you never see coming
🖤Student/teacher
🖤Morally grey frustrating but sexy MMC
🖤Messed up childhoods
🖤Deaths and suicides
🖤Spicy spicy 🎹 (you’ll understand WhY I put the piano)
🖤’I will kill everyone for you’ vibes
This was truly a dark read and it focused a lot on the plot of why are these people dying and why Corvina was invited to attend this school. The romance was more of a subplot, but damn was it THEREEEE. I love morally grey characters so when I met Vad I knew he had to be Corvina’s man. He was a bit toxic and he was very frustrating at times.
*when I was reading this at night, I was freaked out. This is really gothic and creepy at times and I LOVED IT*
Sometimes I felt like Vad and Corvina annoyed me because of all of the suspense. The reader is truly confused until the very end. And after reading it, I feel like I needed to know more. It was the kind of universe that probably could’ve used a duology or even a trilogy for. This is why it’s 4.5 and not 5.
I’m totally picking up Arkana ASAP. Was not disappointed ☺️
Graphic: Blood, Death, Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent and Dementia
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury
siad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Dementia
teardropsonmypaperback'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? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Dementia, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
emilycruz1016's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Vomit, Cursing, Dementia, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence
mnicolas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Dementia and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
anastashamarie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So I honestly absolutely loved this book, despite a few nagging problems. If you like gothic dark romance and a dark academic setting, this is 1000% for you.
⚠️TWs: graphic depictions of loved ones completing suicide; explicit sexual content; student-professer; descriptions of hallucinations (possible psychosis); death
🌑 Things I loved: The dark academia setting -- immersive and majorly enthralling. The callbacks to classic gothic horror. The blurred line between paranormal and psychological. The different subplots that wove interestingly together. The passion/madness of the romantic relationship. Daddy Dom Vad.
🕯️ Things I didn't love:
🏰 Listen, maybe I'm biased because this book is exactly up my alley. Maybe it's all the years of pining to go to boarding school (I grew up in the era of the Gossip Girl and the Private novel series so it hits hard). Maybe it's that I went to a probably-haunted, very old university with all sorts of stories like these. Maybe Verenmore has me in its clutches, too. But maybe this is just a generally great book. The only way for you to know is to read it too.
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Gore
Minor: Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Child abuse
Taboo relationship (student/professer, both consenting adults)lotte5322's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury
whatjasread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
• gothic elements were so well done, i was very creeped out good job runyx
• such a different vibe from the dark verse series but the writing style is exactly the same, you can tell it's a *runyx* book, yanno?
• some grammatical errors and general confusion in places (riiiiight at the end, they're somehow having sex with his back pressed against her and i truly don't know how that works)
• overall very good, i loved the descriptions and the characters and the plot twist, literally only knocked a star off because i felt icky sometimes with the teacher x student vibe but it's fine i'm fine
TWs: suicide, explicit sexual content (unprotected), schizophrenia, institutionalisation, blood, murder, death, drowning, vomiting, mention of sexual assault, drugging, paranormal scenes, power imbalance, professor x student forbidden relationship.
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, and Drug abuse
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Incest, Vomit, and Dementia
redbookpanda's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide
Moderate: Medical content and Mental illness
Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, and Forced institutionalization
marinasrecs's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
The reason why it's not 5 stars for my is that the hero
A really cool, spooky and sexy book! Just be mindful of trigger warnings.
Graphic: Mental illness, Dementia, Death, and Sexual content
Minor: Incest, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury