Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

62 reviews

goodmornindreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The beginning of the book started out a bit slow for me and was difficult to get into with switching between 3 POVs. But once I got further in the book things started to flow and I became invested in the story.

The 3 main characters were easy to differentiate between while I was reading and it was easy to get invested in their storylines. I did not see things taking the dark turn that they did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Self harm

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Misogyny, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Self harm, Alcoholism, Stalking, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

pale_faced_fear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

 I loved these characters. How much I enjoyed this book was surprising to me as I did not like House of Hollow. 

I think Zara was my favorite, but I also loved the other two. I was about to be so mad if the ship didn’t go canon by the end. 

This book is for the grotesque girlies that love reckless teenage girls fucking with demons and necromancy. The aesthetic of the girlies + the atmosphere *chefs kiss*. 

I wish this wasn’t the end, but it seems to be😪. I have Krystal’s writing a second chance and I will be giving it a third, this time to try to exceed what this book did. 

I’m gonna miss these characters I fear ☹️

P.S. we all need a Bael in our lives..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Gore, Blood, and Death

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

A bewitching horror novel with a supernatural killer on the loose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Death

styxx's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Hate crime, Misogyny, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Torture, and Toxic relationship

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

on_my_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

themis_biblos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Not my thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Body horror, Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, and Gore

dosxhime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Gore, Blood, Violence, Grief, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Misogyny

lexihworth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Sexism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Stalking, Violence, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Misogyny