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Rachel Gillig continues to be a unique, poetic, beautifully spoken, and well-written author with this as another testament to her work.
This darker take on a fairytale style “what if?” manages to be completely its own, while reflecting many beloved pieces of tales you may know, making a world that is both easy to fall into and dazzling in detail. Perfectly planned, leaving breadcrumb details to unravel the mystery throughout every chapter while remaining completely unpredictable without hindsight, and consequently leaving you hooked for one more chapter every time you reach a final page.
Easily loveable yet complex characters are quickly enthralling especially as their dynamics mix and unfold leaving blossoming friendships, addictive romance subplots, and family roots ready to fight for one another… or those that they have found to call such.
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Death of parent
Minor: Child death
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death, Cursing
Firstly characters immediately liked Elspeth and her character had allure making me want to know more. Her family made my blood boil even her aunt and uncles family.
Rayvn yew, oh I’m so worried as to why more people don’t call him their book boyfriends. Cause seriously I’ve got another one to add to my list *smh* I love the broody nature of him and how elspeth is the same.
The “side characters” really made the story too, jysper and elm I LOVED while I am so behind irritated at ione I am hoping she has something up her sleeve.
Oh and yeah the thing inside elspeths head, at first I liked him now I’m … indifferent & feel many things at what has taken place with elspeth and the Shepard king
Although I had soft dnf’d this book because I wanted to read something else when I came back to it… it ended up being a two day read in which I stayed up till 4am reading it because I literally could not put it down. And when I did I HAD DREAMS about it. It was paced perfect to me I would say “fast” paced but in a way that all made sense it didn’t skip things I thought were important but it also didn’t linger to long on how tbe cracks looked in the cobblestone LOL.
All this to say I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be buying the 2nd one ASAP because I MUST know what is going to happen.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Vomit
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death