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storyorc's review
Heartfelt, imaginative, and zany, this book is someone's next favourite wild ride, just not mine. Fun action too. Very cinematic writing style.
I started skimming at the 50% mark due to the lack of narrative focus. I appreciate that the author cares enough to humanise each evil ex but all of them getting POV chapters and constant flashbacks slowed the story too much for me. I would have preferred hints about them through behaviour and dialogue (and fewer of them).
The further along the book gets, the more it feels like the author is fighting a losing battle against how much more interesting the Hayward family is. Castro especially is fucked up in a very entertaining way. The two 'main' characters were shockingly irrelevant to the climax (anti-climax?) and by the end I was dreaming of a version of this story centering the Haywards and Oaklands: Gossip Girl with demons.
My copy had a few self-publishing format quirks like overlarge tabs, a special font showing up as ?s and an inexplicable link to a Wikipedia entry but nothing that detracted from the story. I suggest less epithets next book though; "the CEO" was particularly jarring.
Pulling weapons out of tattoos is SICK tho, 5/5 stars for that.
I started skimming at the 50% mark due to the lack of narrative focus. I appreciate that the author cares enough to humanise each evil ex but all of them getting POV chapters and constant flashbacks slowed the story too much for me. I would have preferred hints about them through behaviour and dialogue (and fewer of them).
The further along the book gets, the more it feels like the author is fighting a losing battle against how much more interesting the Hayward family is. Castro especially is fucked up in a very entertaining way. The two 'main' characters were shockingly irrelevant to the climax (anti-climax?) and by the end I was dreaming of a version of this story centering the Haywards and Oaklands: Gossip Girl with demons.
My copy had a few self-publishing format quirks like overlarge tabs, a special font showing up as ?s and an inexplicable link to a Wikipedia entry but nothing that detracted from the story. I suggest less epithets next book though; "the CEO" was particularly jarring.
Pulling weapons out of tattoos is SICK tho, 5/5 stars for that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, and Racism
Moderate: Transphobia and Misogyny
The narrative does not paint these subjects in a good light.efranzinger's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol
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