Reviews

The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli

audreyedmondo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

h_mertens's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

maddsread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I cried…. i really cried…..

bellykell's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

pathetichobbit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

1.75

l_sandau's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.25

carmenh17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

lmstone1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

disheveled_pumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

victoriabooksaga's review against another edition

4.0

This book is inspired by The Scarlet Pimpernel, which I absolutely love. It reminds me of Victoria Aveyard books, plot twist wise, and This Woven Kingdom (the first chapter has very little dialogue and the romance reminds me of that book as well).

This book has:
Best friend's brother romance
Gut wrenching plot twist
Bonkers ending that will have you anxiously waiting for book 2
True enemies to lovers
Rival brothers, love triangle light
Witch x Witch Hunter
Hard magic system powered by blood
Gaslamp fantasy
Other books this reminded me of: first two Throne of Glass books and Les Miserable

The romantic subplot was different and well done. I liked that the witch and witch hunter were both suspicious and trying to deceive each other. I feel like sometimes books like this just suddenly switch the witch hunter to becoming a sympathizer after k*lling countless witches with little to no foundation for the personality and mind shift. This book doesn't do that.

The first chapter was difficult to get through, but the story picked up quickly afterwards. The ending didn't make sense to me to a degree. It just upended so much at once that I was a bit shell shocked. I'm sure it'll be explained a little better in the next book. I am definitely looking forward to continuing this series!

Content Warning: explicit s*x, s*xual assault/r*pe victim, recovering alcoholic/substance abuser, manipulation, genocide, violence, blood, menstrual cycle blood

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review is voluntarily written and the thoughts and opinions contained in this review are my own.