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niaaj's review against another edition
hameedah_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
leonalikesliterature's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The first thing I loved was the world building and fantasy elements in this book. The fantasy is so beautiful and greatly represents Latine Indigenous mythology and culture. I loved the cadejos! Their powers and communities were so interesting and unlike anything I’ve read before, it was like a twist on werewolves but also so much better!
Next, the writing was beautiful. Although I started to get frustrated with the pacing as it was really, really slow, the descriptive imagery was very poetic.
Onto the things I hated.
The relationship between Xochi and Sal was painful to read. Although I liked Sal at the start of the book, the more I read, the more I disliked him.
The sex stuff was getting WAY out of hand for me. Xochi and Sal were sooooo cringe sometimes. They would be arguing with some literal random person and share the most graphic, pornographic details about their sex life as a flex? and I was so confused why. 😭 It was so painful to read. Not even to mention that they literally
There’s too much going on in this book that just gets dropped, which was disappointing and frustrating, especially for how damn long this book is. There are multiple subplots
I was frustrated that this was called a Dark Fantasy Romance because I think that led to confusion for me. I would have preferred this to be a romance with dark fantasy elements, rather than a dark romance with fantasy elements. I think the dark romance was what I hated the most about this book. Anyways, I am just glad this book is over. I feel like 2.5 stars is generous. There was a lot I really liked, despite what I hated. I think I would’ve really loved this book if like 4-5 scenes were just taken out of it.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual violence
ninabest's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation
shaniamarie21's review against another edition
- 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
mia_thomthom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
thewrightbooknook's review against another edition
2.75
2.75⭐️ I really wanted to love this book more than I do. I feel like it had a promising plot and I appreciated the world building to an extent. I feel like there was just way too much info dumping that didn’t add anything to the story for me. Along with over exaggerated details on a lot of things that didn’t need to be described. And I feel the chapters were entirely too long and that’s personal preference. I enjoyed the diversity of the characters and that the FMC was curvy. I love that representation. I think my favorite “fun time” scene was the knotting part 🫠🫠😅😅 the other scenes weren’t bad imo. I’m interested to read The Salt Road and I think that’ll honestly determine if I continue the series or not.
valerie_amanda09's review against another edition
4.0
snellreader100's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
kassielovestoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I think what I took issue with this book the most was that some of the things the characters (specifically Xochi and Sal) would say was absolutely absurd and cringe. Completely out of left field too, LOL! Like whyyyyy are we publicly proclaiming to the enemies how you guys fuck each other?? I understand it's basically like bragging, but I don't know, I really didn't care for it and I often found myself needing to put the book down for a few minutes. I also do not think this book needs to be nearly six hundred pages long! A lot of the extra detail and unnecessary plot points could've been left out in favor of answering the questions that went largely unanswered: