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The Poisoner by I.V. Ophelia

34 reviews

dragonxbabe's review

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

thecatconstellation's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

maravchristine's review

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

souleater_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ewilkins's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

Such a great style of writing. Spicy. Dark. I loved the world she created and the new monster lore this book had. I was all in until the last 50 pages. 

**spoiler** 
*spoiler* 
I absolutely hated the raping that happened at the end. Silas allowing... and then taking part in her abuse, after knowing what she'd gone through was so out of Character it made me have go reread the section again. Disappointing that our badass avenger was raped multiple times, and for what? Nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

dcnireads's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, and Grief

libellules's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

points for the interesting premise and the cool twist on vampires being akin to snakes but was ultimately let down by the spotty pacing, lack of chemistry, and sparse plot. i didn't feel connected to any of the characters and didn't find any of the relationships, bar maybe phoebe and alina at an absolute push, that believable. i couldn't buy into silas and alina's relationship as there wasn't enough there to convince me of their feelings for one another. it felt like the relationship happened because the plot needed it to happen which was disappointing because there were some scenes in the middle that were actually kind of sweet. i can see the author's potential and appreciated the attention to detail on the science and the thought behind the vampiric lore but this ended up not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

the_reading_vampire's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Alcohol

purplegurgles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is really good, but it deserved at least another round in edition. Some settings, attire and characters needed more description which led to some confusion and the characters seemed very genre-aware. Important to read the trigger warnings beforehand. Author has a way with words that I really like and writes action, dialogue and sex really well and the story in and of itself is very good. Cant wait for book two 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

mwalsh97's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Well that started dark and got darker. I would only recommend this book to those who enjoyed Haunting Adeline. Otherwise, this book is probably not for you.

I really enjoyed this book up until the last 40-50 pages, then it was very harrowing and made me feel like I needed a soul shower.

The concept of a Victorian Era woman poisoning those who mistreat women is an amazing concept and I love the inclusion of her being a botanist. Even the take on vampires in this is really amazing, definitely more on the erotica side of things than I usually read but still well written. I felt that the book I read in the blurb is not the book I got, the blurb made this sound a lot more plot heavy than romance/erotica heavy.

But please please please heed the content warnings in the beginning of the book. They are there fora reason and they are needed. I am going to add in the content warning provided on the author's website: https://www.ivophelia.com/poisoner
• Primal
• Vampires
• A variation of knotting
• Risk-Aware Consent Kink
• Chasing 
• Biting
• Hair Pulling
• Blood play
• Forked tongues
• Brat/Brat tamer
• Spitting
•  Mutual Stalking 
Kinks included, but not necessarily intended for romantic/erotic effect considering their negative depiction in the context of the story. Either way, they should be labeled:
• Dub/non-con
• Impact play with whip
• Inappropriate use of rice
• Degradation/Praise
• Sadism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

The last 40 to 50 or so pages are just sexual assault and torture. Proceed with caution.