Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Belladonna - Die Berührung des Todes by Adalyn Grace

167 reviews

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

kiwij96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is such a well-written and emotionally engaging book to start a series. I was genuinely hooked from the first sentence and tried to guess what was going to happen throughout only to be right once. Don't let the "romance" trick you though, this was a fantastic murder mystery throughout. If murder mysteries and connecting with Death were set in the world of Bridgerton. So if any of that seems like your kind of thing then I 100% recommend this book.

Literally my only gripe with this book was the romance. Personally, I thought it was a bit disjointed and didn't work with the overall theme of the book. This would have done wonderfully as a historical fantasy mystery, the romance just adds nothing to it other than 2-3 counts of implied, but unnecessary, sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

this was lovely. 

well written and nicely plotted out, filled with well done characters. 

it had some pacing issues since some sections were really slow and especially the climax and big reveal all happened to fast and basically all at once and the lead up to those final reveal moments felt rushed -almost as if the author remembered that the book had to end now and it all had to be solved and revealed still. 

but while i think those moments could have been done better i didn’t kind the slow moments and the long build up.

i enjoyed Signa as a character a lot and absolutely loved Death! 


i didn’t love the ending

cliffhangers for this type of story isn’t my favorite. i would prefer it if authors just make me want to pick up the next book because i want to be back with the characters and experience a new thing with them instead of being left with this open ending of sorts.

but it wasn’t horrible just not my preferred way. 


all in all very enjoyable and a good experience and i am excited to continue on and see what Signa will experience next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexism

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.25

Not my genre but still enjoyable enough. Predicted

Sylas being death and Percy being the murderer

from less than halfway through but this didn't spoil it too much - although I would've preferred not to have worked it out so quickly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicide, Vomit, Self harm, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

_charliesbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Body horror, and Drug use

theycallmebookish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fantasy. Paranormal activity. Gothic. Romance. Murder mystery. Morally grey characters. If you feel drawn to any of these themes, the book is for you! Signa is an orphan about to come into her inheritance but death seems to follow her wherever she goes. She finally finds a home and a family but death seems to have found her. The characters are so well written. You genuinely start to love them or hate them in the best way possible. I spent many late nights reading this one because it was hard to put down. But I will say I wouldn’t mind some more explicit spicy time between a certain two characters 👀

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

nara_knl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

it took me a while to really get into the book. it was kind of hard for me to get used to the entire setting and the vibe.
(wich could be because this is normally not what i read… well until now) 
yet halfway through this book, i was intrigued, excited and caught by the storyline.
i will definitely continue this series! 
loved the third person limited narrative perspective! loved the entire world it took place in! 
excited for foxglove!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

brynn_books's review against another edition

4.0

I have no idea why this book took me as long as it did. I enjoyed it. It had the perfect blend of suspense and romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

jg34's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

This was fine. I don’t love mysteries really I’m too impatient and I don’t like thinking too hard. People in reviews are always like “I guessed the twist” and I’m no good at guessing games. instead I had about 8472 theories and one of them was right so do I win????
Anyway maybe predictable but the story was interesting enough. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

ro_lux's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Child abuse, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury