Reviews tagging 'Blood'

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

123 reviews

kolso28436's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

SO GOOD! Loved the queer representation of not just the main character but the parents too. This was an adventurous book from the dynamics of adoption and financial struggles, to finding out family secrets and having cool powers! If you’re into plants, Greek mythology, or just a fun read this is for you!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder and Blood

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Death, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Police brutality

sjgautreaux's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Emotional abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

kikireads1232's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Super good book! I really enjoyed the characters and the relationship the mc had with her mom. A really fun story with only some small nit picks I didn't love. The romance felt a little insta love and I don't think the love interest had enough time to grow to like the Mc, I just feel like the book needed a few more chapters for their relationship. Other than that, duper good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Stalking

noodlesny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Cursing

There's an unorthodox minor/adult relationship. It's not the standard type of disturbing of, say, a 30 yr old 'dating' a 16 yr old. It's a similar theme that comes up in certain anime at times, if you're familiar with those. It wasn't enough to make me stop reading but I was definitely uncomfortable with it and kept thinking about it throughout the reading.

So there was a 16 year old and a hundreds of years old immortal being that's in a teenaged body. This felt icky to me bc even though they did present and interact with the minor as a fellow teenager, they had the literal mind of a multi century old adult. They even mentioned them dating a present character's dead grandparent in the past. It's just weird.

bookrecsplease's review

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The plot is really slow moving, and a lot of it had that common YA trope of people being pointlessly mysterious to the protagonist instead of explaining all the things that they know. The last 20% was really great, but I wish the rest of the book had been paced similarly. 

I loved the setup of Briseis’ relationship with her moms, but it never changed throughout the book. Neither did Briseis, unfortunately. She made one character trait decision at after the inciting incident that was a positive change for her, and then never evolved at all again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Death

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

I couldn’t put down this book.  I kept needing to know what happened next and it didn’t disappoint!  I also loved the LGBTQ+ representation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Emotional abuse

mayachuchu13's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Everything was great. Love the story, romance, plot twists. All of it was well thought-out and the MC is so likable, I was rooting for her since chapter one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence

Only two confusing things (#2 is a spoiler): 1. If Bri literally has magic powers it’s kinda stupid how she has this “there’s no such thing as magic!” attitude every time she learns something new. You literally grew up with magic powers, why are you so doubtful of witches and spells??

2. At the end when Hecate save Bri, why couldn’t she have come before the mom died??? What triggers Hecate and why was that trigger so late??? I hope it’s answered in book 2 T-T

dorywithana's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Amazing book with GREAT Representation! If you are a mythology fan this book is a must read! A great book, I consumed it fast to see if my suspicion about the mystery was right! I NEED to get my hands on the rest of the series ASAP to see what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood