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achay91'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
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cursing
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment and Sexual content
bookcaptivated'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Vomit, and Cursing
ladypalutena's review against another edition
- 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
Of course, now that I've said all that, I've done my due diligence with Googling the book and it's going to be a duology. Great. And I read it way too long before the next book could even conceivably be written. Excellent.
Anyway.
The magic system in this book is phenomenal. Everything is hooked to the lunar cycle, and your magic is tied to the specific phase of the moon you were born under. You can only use your magic during that phase of the moon, unless you do some bloodletting and "borrow" some of your future magic. It's the most interesting magic system I've seen in a long time, and I am looking forward to reading more about it in the future.
The characters - you can sort of tell that everyone has shifty secrets and something isn't going to go as planned from about 1/3 of the way through the book, but when it hits, it really hits.
The plot had me guessing almost the entire time, and towards the ending of the book, I was literally checking how much longer I had left because "There's no way they can wrap it up in that many pages, can they?" And no, they can't.
If you're looking for a dark academia setting, mysterious deaths, people with mysterious secrets, and the most interesting magic system I've seen in a while, this is the book for you. I will be waiting for the next one to come out.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
batmayne_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Blood, and Self harm
pbeeandj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Blood, and Grief
theespressoedition's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Grief, and Blood
Moderate: Self harm, Murder, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Death
Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcohol
blakeandbooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, and Alcohol
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death of parent, and Bullying
Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Abandonment