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Look, can I recommend this book wholeheartedly? No, which is why it's 3.75 and not a 4 star. I urge you to read the trigger warnings - they're not there for nothing. This book is chock full of non-con and sexual violence committed by none other than our male lead, so if that's something you're going to find hard to deal with - skip this one.
I have to admit I had no idea what I was getting into. TikTok has been absolutely bombarding me with videos about this series (specifically, book 5), and I admit it—I caved to peer pressure. But surprisingly, I had a lot of
Is it the best book I have ever read? Nope. Did I still devour it in 2 days? Absolutely! It just... strangely worked. Most of it.
So what did work?
Oddly enough, Glyn and Killian's relationship. Again, it's rather fucked up. But they match each other's freak, you know? I also really enjoyed the relationship within the friend/family group. Again, there are a lot of issues and a lot of tension, but also a lot of love in various different shapes. Also, at this point in the narrative, if anyone hurts Bran, I will need to throw hands. Veeeery excited for his book.
So what didn't work?
Some plot parts. Mainly anything to do with Devlin, really. For someone who had such a big impact on Glyn's life, he is such a noncharacter. We get almost nothing about him in the narrative. We don't even have any meaningful flashbacks of their friendship. Killian's character has more character than this dude. How did they meet? How did they connect? What would they talk about? What happened that last night? Ziltch, nada.
Also, the folks POV felt really contrived and out of place to me, but I assume it's because I haven't read their books. I'm sure that with that context, it feels.... more aligned with the story, I guess.
Plot - 16/20
Characters - 17/20
Relationships - 16/20
Writing - 15/20
Reading Experience - 18/20
Final score: 82
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Aaaand it also seems like the only part i can vividly remember, he he
But it's a good book, the plot is not predictable.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail