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kittykyra's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence
luca_max's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Trafficking
Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Child death, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts
plush's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Firstly, I have avoided writing a review because I’m conflicted. I’ve literally read two other light romances before coming back to this review.
I’m not going to go in super detail about plot because this book is dark. Please read trigger warnings, because this is actually dark.
I have not dabbled in dark romances. This is my first toe in the water and I’m pretty confident I will not read anymore. This is brutal to read. Especially the first 40/50%. There is graphic explicit rape, sexual assault, gore, knife play, death, murder, misogyny, etc… Had I not been buddy reading this, I’m not sure I would have even made it through book one.
All of this sounds rather negative, but I did like aspects of this book. Namely Addie’s revenge. It was the only reason I kept reading, because I wanted to see her assaulters suffer. Which, spoiler, they do in fact suffer.
This book is addictive. I’m not sure I would say that I enjoyed myself, but I wanted to know the end. I felt compelled to finish the book. But honestly, this didn’t even feel like a romance. It felt like an origin story. By the end of the book Addie is not at all who she was in book one. She’s understandably traumatized, but she also becomes bloodthirsty. I’m not sure it actually felt true to her character, but trauma changes everyone.
There were a lot of random, unnecessary side plots and points in this story. One being the journal Addie finds. Another being this weird cult that keeps being mentioned. The other strange thing being the rituals related to this supposed shadow government. Also, Addie’s house being hella haunted? It was a lot of extra just kinda spooned in with everything else to the point of being muddy.
I don’t really know. I’m giving it 3 stars because I finished it, and it made me thing, although I would never pick it up and read it again.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Body horror, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Sexual harassment
nineinchnails's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
it feels like there's much more depth to the characters now (plus i got to see more of sibby and i love unhinged women personally) than in it's predecessor and i might be imagining it but there seemed to be a jump in quality in general from haunting adeline. i can imagine a lot of readers would have wanted
zade also showed a different side to himself in this book, which was unexpected. he'll always be an antihero but i don't think he's as irredeemable as he was in the previous book. more importantly TO ME
Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Murder, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical trauma, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Stalking, Self harm, and Body shaming
Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Vomit, Drug use, and Pregnancy
elliemaeeee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, and Violence
jcrocker95's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Cursing, Gun violence, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Misogyny, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pedophilia, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Drug abuse
hstorm_21's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Trafficking, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Gore, Torture, Misogyny, Alcohol, Violence, and Sexual assault
rchulin1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, and Sexual assault
j0j0row237's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death, Torture, Child abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Rape, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use
abbyu220's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Trafficking, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, and Stalking