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Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

18 reviews

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Gore, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Murder, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I have been wanting to be get to this book for awhile now since it’s been on my shelves for a little over a year, and Belladonna did not disappoint! I loved the who-done-it aspects of the book when it came to figuring out the murderer and their motives bc I was pleasantly surprised when it came to the reveal and the way it happened. And can we talk about the love interest Death 🤭 Signa really lucked out with him bc he does NOT play about his girl fr AHHH I was obsessed with those two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content

_thugbug_'s review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Took some time to get the ball rolling but once it did it was engaging enough! Writing was not the best but was a good story. Characters were relatable and the mystery/romance was tense enough to keep reading. 

I found myself confused (not in a good way) sometimes, because the pacing was off. I also found the main character lacking personality until the plot started to become more clear. 

In general, it was not the best book I have read, but not the worse. If you would like a dark-ish -sort of gothic-romance-who don it. Give it a read! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism and Misogyny

evarinya's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Misogyny, Terminal illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

xtsukix's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

Took me a little bit to get into but I adored this and wanted to read it non-stop once I did get into it. The mystery was delectable, the romance was (a little sudden but) so sweet, very much an “I’ll burn the world if you ask me to” romance which I adoreeeee. The plot twists were intriguing and whilst Signa was not the most relatable character, we understand why she made the choices she did. I was wondering how this was going to prompt a sequel, and I’m absolutely happy with how this book ended and am super excited for the next one. I definitely want to read the entire book over knowing what I know now, even directly after reading it, which is how I know it’s a new favourite of mine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

shaylee_n_20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma and Classism

Minor: Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Misogyny, and Infidelity

giulianalb99's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

3,5⭐️

⚠️THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS⚠️

The book is quite good and it's super well written, but it has parts that don't quite convince me. It's very slow, and it's only at the end that everything gets tense. I loved how the author writes, however its true that there were parts in which I was bored. 
I was so sure I was going to give this book 4 stars, but it was very predictable and I didn’t like the fact that Percy was the one behind everything… 
The romance was good, but I expected more. Of course, there’s a toxic relationship between the MC and Death (I don’t know why authors LOVE to write about toxic relationships), and the tension between each other is great, but since the very beginning I knew who Death was… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Sexual content, and Infertility