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yilliun's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Spice was great. I think if you’re looking to get more into adult romance novels this is a good book to do it with.
I did find Isolde’s love/ hate thing became annoying especially later on in the book. It made her character fall flat for me. I think all the characters had so much more potential for development than they were given. Ironically, I think Adrian’s character was the most well done. He had solid motives and I do think the audience sees him grow throughout the book. Isolde just needed to make up her own damn mind.
The world building was awful though. I wanted to know so much more than the author provided to us. There were definitely things happening but I found myself just waiting for the next smut scene. or Adrian professing his love to Isolde . Honestly, I skimmed through the ending. I still plan to read the rest of the series, but this is a romance novel first with some fantasy on the side.
I did find Isolde’s love/ hate thing became annoying especially later on in the book. It made her character fall flat for me. I think all the characters had so much more potential for development than they were given. Ironically, I think Adrian’s character was the most well done. He had solid motives and I do think the audience sees him grow throughout the book. Isolde just needed to make up her own damn mind.
The world building was awful though. I wanted to know so much more than the author provided to us. There were definitely things happening but I found myself just waiting for the next smut scene.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Grief
It’s a vampire novel so the violence and blood descriptions happen quite often later in the book.doubletherazzle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
The beginning was a bit rough, but once the story fell into a groove I enjoyed the mystery and fantasy of the story telling and will definitely read the next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Infidelity, Slavery, Sexism, and Racism
katharina90's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Pretty weak in the plot department. Predictable. A lot of sex, not a lot of chemistry.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual content
openbookheartmind'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
hellxriver's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence
kyliestyles123's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Cursing and Blood
stephwatsford's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I’m not sure how to feel about this book. I ate it up in a few days which is huge because I’ve been in a slump lately, and I enjoyed my time reading it. There was a healthy amount of spice, but any more in a 400 page book would have been way too much for me.
There were parts of this hook I found exiting and the overall concept was mostly interesting and relatively unique.
My biggest problems with this book however was how predictable it was and how how confusing it was. I found myself guessing the plot twists very early on. There were parts that were so confusing to me as well. Adrian’s powers were never really explained and I still don’t understand what he can do. I understand they mentioned that they don’t know why he has the power to heal but they never explained how his mind reading worked so we have no idea what he knows. I also found that while we do get some insight into his background and why he does what he does, I still feel like I don’t know him. I feel more connected to Ana who had half as much airtime than I do Adrian which is a serious problem for me. I was also confused at the end because it really made it seem like Isolde had killed Ravena when she stabbed her through the mirror but then on the second last page they mentioned that she was still a problem.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and will happily read the sequel, however I’m a little annoyed that I have to read the sequel just to stop feeling confused.
There were parts of this hook I found exiting and the overall concept was mostly interesting and relatively unique.
My biggest problems with this book however was how predictable it was and how how confusing it was. I found myself guessing the plot twists very early on. There were parts that were so confusing to me as well. Adrian’s powers were never really explained and I still don’t understand what he can do. I understand they mentioned that they don’t know why he has the power to heal but they never explained how his mind reading worked so we have no idea what he knows. I also found that while we do get some insight into his background and why he does what he does, I still feel like I don’t know him. I feel more connected to Ana who had half as much airtime than I do Adrian which is a serious problem for me. I was also confused at the end
Overall, I enjoyed this book and will happily read the sequel, however I’m a little annoyed that I have to read the sequel just to stop feeling confused.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Suicide and Slavery
leahaustin04's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content, War, and Violence
allisonmspiers's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: War
eccentric_kam's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I remember before I started reading this book I saw a lot of mixed reviews about it. Me personally I ate this book right up. It was so hard for me to put it down but it had so many of the tropes that I love. Was there a plot? maybe, but probably no. I came for the characters and I stayed for the characters. I'm a sucker for stories where the villain gets the girl.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship