Reviews - A Dowry of Blood

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A Dowry of Blood

S.T. Gibson

4.06 AVERAGE

edys's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional 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: No

itszuri's review against another edition

2.0

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

crcooper's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

wintershyacinth's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The best part about the story was the unique set up. As its Constanta writing to herself in way to find closer for her past toxic relationship with Dracula. What's so special about that was instead of reading their love story and learning with Constanta how manipulative her husband was, it instead starts with Constanta stating the relationship was bad and ends bad. While also commentating his and her past actions. Showing how different her current thoughts was from her younger life and adding intrigue to how she ended up that way.
The story has a very dark tone so on some days it can become a difficult read.

its_k80's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

stvdyspo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i support women's rights AND women's wrongs!

pjays's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars!

Wow - did not have a polycule vampire gothic horror romance on my 2024 reading bingo card but here we are AND WOW did it deliver!!! I absolutely loved this. I was so surprised by how much. It was enthralling and enchanting and S.T. Gibson is such a passionate, lovely writer. I was blown away by the passages and story, in a way I wasn't expecting to be! I'm resisting a full five stars because I felt like it could've been a tiny bit longer, just to flesh out more examples of why Constanta decided to do what she did - but overall so pleasantly surprised and enamored by this one.