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Beautiful book, my heart weeps.
Silas Bell and Mary Carter you are special to me forever.
Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion
Maybe it's because I read them back to back, but I can't help but compare this to Evocation. There was so much that worked well here that failed there. For one, the society in this book is purposefully elusive and vauge because our protagonist isn't allowed to be part of that group, therefore doesn't know much about the goings on. Compared to Evocation where the occult society is such an important aspect of 2 of the main characters lives (both are running for president or whatever) but we know fuckall about the society. And the characters here felt so much more vibrant and tangible after suffering through the flat characters in Evocation.
TLDR; I loved this book very very much. I was tabbing the hell out of it and writing down so many quotes in my commonplace book. I will definitely want to read this again in the future and I'm excited to read everything else AJW publishes (especially his debut adult novel coming out later this year!)
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation
Moderate: Chronic illness
Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia
The fact that violet eyes are a very prominent feature in this book made me worried because all I could think of is the Y/Ns of fan fiction with violet eyes, but that notion quickly went away when I realized that is nothing like that lol💜💜
I also love the romance between Silas and Daphne!!!
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Pregnancy
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion
Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt
Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail