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oddduck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
christine_fravel's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Gun violence
marthadude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment
chloehey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I read this book in one sitting, I was not going to put it down till I got to the end, and the end was satisfying, while also leaving some things to be uncovered in the next book!
The pacing is excellent, It takes about 38 pages to set up the character, how she's been living and how she feels about it. There's some mysterious happenings and intrigue builds up, and then the big reveal happens. I was hooked.
Barnes does pretty well with relationships and tension, I was confused for a bit though as Avery interacted with the Hawthorne boys, because they all felt the same to me for a while. There are little mysteries about the people in the Hawthorne House mixed in with the main mystery. I really enjoyed tension in this book. Though I wasn't a big fan of the romance. (It really didn't bug me as much as other books have though.)
I ship Avery and Grayson, but for a while when it looked like that wasnt actually going to happen, Jameson seemed okay... Not anymore though, I look foreward to whats going to happen!
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Content Warnings- sort of non spoileryboredomandwordsofbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Stalking
Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent
bunchofbeereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death and Death
linesiunderline'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It made me think of Knives Out, The Westing Game, and Truly Devious - all of which pleased me for a host of reasons. The everyone’s-a-suspect feeling is always enticing. There’s some great banter between Avery and the Hawthorne boys. I’m not one to feel inclined to try to solve puzzles in books, but I enjoy the tension around them.
Personally, I didn’t find Avery to be as interesting a character as the grandsons, which made me less invested at times, however it’s a series so perhaps she’ll be developed even more as we go on.
I’ll be happy to spend some more time puzzling out the dramas and secrets of the Hawthorne family.
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief
kenziewol's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
This was a fun read. I love the build up of this book, I sped through it and finished it in a day because I wanted to know the why and what so bad. However, there was something I didn’t really like about it that I can’t exactly put my finger on. I think it’s how it’s written, I just didn’t love the writing style or the super short chapters. But it is a super engaging read which redeemed it for me.
I thought the plot had a lot of promise and I was excited to get to the ending for the why. But I felt it was kind of anticlimactic for me in a sense. Like idk I was just expecting more when it came to the ending, especially for why Avery was chosen. I did guess correctly about
Overall it was a fun quick read and a good palette cleanser between fantasy books for me. I’m looking forward to read the second book to see
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent