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adelaidejewel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual violence
scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Prose: 3.75★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4★/3.75★
Characters: 3.5★
Worldbuilding: 3.75★
Ending: 3.5★
Graphic: Body horror and Blood
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Self harm, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Chronic illness, Torture, Mental illness, Sexual content, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Gore
Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Child abuse
missbsbookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Emotional abuse
bethboo's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
The premise is wonderfully interesting. A world divided by class and ruled by blood. Sapphic characters and relationships and sensually dark obsessions and fatal alliances. A big almost empty manor that used to be beyond lavish with old money and old tales and old histories and old fears. It's a book that is purely for the vibes, because the execution was lack luster at best. The author and the writing style was lacking in finesse. It reminded me of a Wattpad story. Some of the stories on their are crazy interesting, but the writing is amateur in all of them.
So, as someone who listened to the audio book and just put it on in the background, it was a fairly decent book. The vibes were immaculate but the plot definitely missed the mark.
I think the development of characters and later plot lines moved way too quickly, and kinda felt like the author just trying to wrap things up sloppily. The ending was a bit unexpected, so I'll give it that, but it definitely didn't go where I wanted it to.
I would give it a worse rating, but the atmosphere was good and the premise was great and the summary of it all is fabulous. Simply the writing disappointed the book. Even the title and the cover art and names of characters and places and the world was all amazing. But I hated the writing.
Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Body horror, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Bullying, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
phantasmaboo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I thought the plot of this book was okay. The horror elements were much stronger than the mystery elements. Outside of the final 20% of the book, there really isn't too much investigating. The mystery is also quite easy to decipher and completely predictable. Still, there isn't a dull moment in this book, but without feeling overly action-packed.
Character-wise, I loved Marion and Lisavet, but with that they and the other characters were a bit more developed. With five to 6 Bloodmaidens, the servants, and the two principle characters, there seemed to be little time to really delve into everyone with the same depth. Still, I found it sufficient to provide an entertaining and tense story. In particular, I thought that the bonds between Lisavet and Marion should have been explored more although there was enough there for me to extrapolate more about their relationships and their motives.
Overall, I gave the book 3.5 stars. I think it's worth the read if you're into horror with a bit of mystery, but not the other way around.
Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Death of parent
upinthestars's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gore
Minor: Sexual violence
booksthoughtsandtea's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Be careful... All the trigger warnings.
The main question in reading this book:
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Torture
Do NOT read if you are not okay with graphic descriptions of blood on every other page.