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Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

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lxstinneverland's review against another edition

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dark funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I finished this right at midnight so I had to sleep before I could write a review.

Anyway, right away this book gave me supernatural vibes and I loved that. I enjoyed the little thoughts from Cas, and his friendship group dynamic was so fun.

I definitely enjoyed this book a lot and I felt it kept moving at a good pace so that you'd never get bored and want to put it down. The horror aspect was also pretty cool, and there's one part towards the end where I genuinely felt the fear as it was revealed. 

Now... *spoilers* ahead so be warned.

I kept yelling every time people were like "Anna you killed them" like yall know she did not. 🤣 She was cursed by her mom and the demon and you know it. She didn't want to kill and that was obvious when they freed her. It hardly counts as her killing all these people. She was a trapped, cursed ghost. Murdered and literally cursed by her mom's spells and a demon.

And they kept trying to say "She killed Mike" and I was like "he deserved it". Am I supposed to feel bad for Mike? He was a d*ck like Cas said. Karma do be like that. Will was so annoying by constantly taking Mike's side when they were the ones who hit Cas and locked him in with a murderous ghost. Their intent was to kill Cas for talking to Carmel (his ex btw) and he got what was coming to him. Absolutely ridiculous, and I'm glad Will died cause he was a douche by the end.


Excited for book 2. 

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creolelitbelle's review against another edition

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

3.25

Entertaining but not a "good" book. When I read off my list to my husband, he described this book as "we have Buffy at home." Ironically, the author more recently released a trilogy set in the Buffyverse, which leads me to believe this was her fanfiction before she got permission to write true Buffy stories instead of pulling from late 90s/early 2000s tv shows for inspiration in this fanfic mashup. 

- MC named Cas, dad killed on a hunt, has special athame (SPN)
- kills ghosts
- has a source of information in New Orleans
- side character named WILL ROSENBERG
- references Buffy
- references the mystery machine from Scooby-Doo
- Gideon - father figure like SPN's Bobby who was friends with his dad, name from Elder on Charmed, is from London like Giles...
- Men of Power = Men of Letters (SPN)
- Thomas & Carmel = scoobies like Buffy
- Thomas = Willow (witch
- found Carmel's ex & his friend dead by a monster's hand
- Carmel = Cordelia
- Anna = Angel. Evil, saved, but still a ghost/supernatural creature
- Cas has prophetic dreams
- Cas hunts "the thing that killed dad"... SPN, anyone? 
- Carmel calls Cas "Buffy" to Thomas
 

Read this for a nostalgic fun foray back into shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, and Supernatural. I listened to the audiobook, and it is a good time, enough to convince me to check the adventures in the sequel. Do not expect a serious story with good writing. 

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bookcaptivated's review against another edition

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

3.75


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alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.0


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midnightgremlin's review

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

3.0


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abigail_af's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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brookey8888's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This started off really good and kind of spooky. But then the romance was stupid and insta-lovey so it annoyed me. I for the most part liked the characters. I’m glad I read this but it was nothing special to be honest. 

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pgivan21's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25


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alicelt's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? No

2.5


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