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challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. The writing was okay and fun.
Overall, the story was forgettable, but I enjoyed it in the moment.
I love a dark academia, murder mystery story, so I was eating that up. It’s a good time, but it’s just missing…something. Idk if I just don’t care about the characters that much or what, but I just didn’t get that feeling for my rating to be any higher than 3 stars.
Overall, the story was forgettable, but I enjoyed it in the moment.
I love a dark academia, murder mystery story, so I was eating that up. It’s a good time, but it’s just missing…something. Idk if I just don’t care about the characters that much or what, but I just didn’t get that feeling for my rating to be any higher than 3 stars.
So far this is the best book I’ve read this year. I ate this book up, I couldn’t put it down. And now that I’ve finished it I’m sad it’s over.
Caz and Salem are some of the most captivating characters. I loved their relationship, I love how they grew together and apart.
The way that these characters grew and healed from their past and their past trauma was beautifully portrayed. I loved the little murder mystery that was going on and the twists took my breath away!
Ugh, this book was so good I have no words for it. 12/10, highly recommend!
Caz and Salem are some of the most captivating characters. I loved their relationship, I love how they grew together and apart.
The way that these characters grew and healed from their past and their past trauma was beautifully portrayed. I loved the little murder mystery that was going on and the twists took my breath away!
Ugh, this book was so good I have no words for it. 12/10, highly recommend!
I went into this with such high hopes. This was a book club pick of the month and everyone had been raving about it even though I hadn’t heard much. Sadly I was very disappointed.
The plot line really fell flat for me with it being slow all the way through till the last 3/4 chapters where everything was then just thrown at you. I kept reading because I was intrigued to see ‘who done it’ however it turned out to be exactly what I predicted during the first third of the book.
I did really like the mmc Caz however I wasn’t keen on our fmc Salem. I felt the descriptions about how Salem viewed herself, how Caz viewed her and even how others viewed her was just repeated so much that after a while I was skimming the clunky paragraphs to get past it. Caz for me was a great ‘villainous’ mmc and is the one that kept me going through this.
I felt the ‘dark romance’ side just took a back seat throughout the majority of the book with just a few scenes thrown in to keep it feeling like it could be a dark romance.
Overall I just personally didn’t enjoy this book, it may be exactly what others are looking for in a fantasy heavy gothic dark romance but for my first time experiencing the gothic fantasy genre I feel I was a bit let down
The plot line really fell flat for me with it being slow all the way through till the last 3/4 chapters where everything was then just thrown at you. I kept reading because I was intrigued to see ‘who done it’ however it turned out to be exactly what I predicted during the first third of the book.
I did really like the mmc Caz however I wasn’t keen on our fmc Salem. I felt the descriptions about how Salem viewed herself, how Caz viewed her and even how others viewed her was just repeated so much that after a while I was skimming the clunky paragraphs to get past it. Caz for me was a great ‘villainous’ mmc and is the one that kept me going through this.
I felt the ‘dark romance’ side just took a back seat throughout the majority of the book with just a few scenes thrown in to keep it feeling like it could be a dark romance.
Overall I just personally didn’t enjoy this book, it may be exactly what others are looking for in a fantasy heavy gothic dark romance but for my first time experiencing the gothic fantasy genre I feel I was a bit let down
dark
emotional
fast-paced
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
funny
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:
Yes
Liked it better than the first, but don't necessarily need a happy ending