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What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods

118 reviews

blissfullibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

ashlynnt98's review

fast-paced

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

1.5

Honestly this book started out good, but went downhill very fast. The character development was nonexistent and the mmc made me somewhat annoyed/uncomfortable. Him referencing the fmc as “little one” even in a sexual way and always forcefully telling her every 2 seconds how much he wanted to have sex was tiring. The amount of times he mentioned his c@ck was insane. I love spice, but this was rough, as in not good. Thankfully I got it for my free trial on audible so I didn’t pay anything for it lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

tired_cicada's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Lost half a star for the use of the nickname

Little one

for the love interest. Such an ick particularly when

he literally had another nickname for her!!! “My star”? Amazing! Just use that instead of infantilizing her

The plot has potential, I’ll try out book two and see if there is any pay off. The plot twist in this was laughably obvious. Like it was actually painful y’all. 

Lots of shock value deaths that did nothing to the plot. “Oh no my brother died HORRIBLY let me be upset about that for six seconds and then move on to how good this rando I met in a barn looks naked” like, girl!

Furthermore why is EVERYONE so weird and possessive? about the fmc’s body, her knowledge, everything. Everybody wants to keep this girl in a cage!

The mmc (I listened to this book so I don’t know how to spell their names, deal with it) goes on and on about how he gave her choice like that is such a gracious thing to do…. We’ll forget that the entire time they were traveling he was all “I’ll wait until you’re begging for it, but it’s totally inevitable that you’ll come to me. And also I won’t let you be with anyone else if you don’t pick me” yeah, total freedom there pal thanks

Was this great? Nah. Was it entertaining enough? Yeah. 

Had nice line writing, and had the possibility for some fun world building if it goes that direction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

toriajohnson14's review

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was great, I’m recommending it to all my friends! It has captivated me with the fun banter between the FMC and her counterpart, and I love the twist at the end. I think people will thing the twist was predictable but honestly I thought they were foreshadowing toward a different twist so it still really held me until the end of the book. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Blood, and Cursing

daniparvu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

The storyline is intriuging; I genuinely wanted to know what would happen next, however: I think the amount of sex and the emphasis on the lust of the population in general made what was a really solid opportunity for killer world building fall flat. It was a bit disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

lisaloveslions's review against another edition

adventurous dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Pedophilia

weyrdkat's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Saw the ending halfway through the book and just trudged to get it finished. A lot drags for having 3 books to tell a story. There’s a lot of world building but you don’t really get a great sense of the world other than it’s similar to medieval Europe so a lot of the building is wasted because none of it feels special. The MMC is a bully a bit and you can see through his motives a mile away but MFC wavers and let’s him just run over her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

ablakley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

A bit disappointed while the spice was top tier the main FC was a bit oblivious to everything. The book was slow and I feel like everything was overly described. No real world building or anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Murder, Genocide, Death of parent, and Misogyny

nesta98's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

So many spelling mistakes? Also

I knew who Caelum was from the get go, it really could have been concealed better. I will say I enjoyed the reveal and the filth left me gobsmacked!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sweejy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I knew there was gonna be a twist of some kind thanks to the foreshadowing, but it was better than I expected. The character development was interesting in how bonds/connections affected behavior, but the conflict felt more about the consequences of the veil.

I also think the author did a good job worldbuilding without the information dumps.

Do heed the TWs provided at the beginning. Nothing had me cringing or anything, but they're still there. 

Definitely reading the second.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content