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Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

52 reviews

uninvestedreader's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Cannibalism, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

vanessa_books26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

hihicass's review against another edition

dark emotional

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Violence

whimsicalish's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Incredibly dark fantasy. I would recommend reading the content tags before starting this one.

Not at all where I thought the story was going to end, but I'm glad I picked it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Murder, Death of parent, Trafficking, Bullying, and Classism

leneso_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

Obsessing, cruel and dark…and also magical and romantic ! I really liked it, I absolutely love the writing style of Ava Reid. This was a challenging read though because it was so dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Blood

meat_muffin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Listen, this book was… weird. And not my usual style at all! I’m glad I read it, enjoyed the writing style, but it wrapped up leaving me more confused than anything else and not filling in all of the plot holes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Alcohol

meghan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Eating disorder

anntharai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Self harm, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Medical trauma

vikie_vi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

loved this to pieces!! The perfect read to get into the halloween spirit. Perfectly greusome without being overly scary. The story telling was amazing and the narrator Stina Neilsen did such a fantastic job. I have found 2 new favorites

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Bullying, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

lynnw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Gore, Antisemitism, Body horror, Vomit, Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia