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adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
4.5⭐️
As a huuuuuuge fan of “The Auction” and “The Rights & Wrongs” series….
I fucking loved this. It’s completely separated from the-bitch-who-must-not-be-named. Soto’s magic system is unique and very interesting! I loved her mind and heart magic descriptions, especially the mind magic. The needle and thread is such a great concept.
The name changes are a little funny to me. They’re just a little bit close to the originals that it made me giggle (ex. Briony - Hermione, Rory - Harry). Briony and Toven are my babies😩🫶🏻 they’re misunderstood, they’re broken and traumatized, they just want to love each other without getting killed or worse. I am a huge Dramione shipper, so Briony & Toven are my loves.
Now speaking on Dramione…
I said this before, but I really feel like HarperCollins and Julie Soto could’ve marketed this book COMPLETELY organic, without the mention of the JKR bitch’s characters. I have no hate at all for Julie Soto, as some people are saying she shouldn’t have written and published this book. But she made the story, the characters, and everything her own. She had influences. Doesn’t everyone have influences?
Overall, I absolutely devoured this book!!! Waiting another year for the 2nd is going to torture me😩 I maaaay have to read my downloaded copy of “The Auction” to get my fix😏
(I have to nerd out for a second: Nikita Jobson did the artwork😭 Her “Golden Girl” art is just beautiful that I was so excited to see she did the cover for Rose in Chains!!!)
(Nerd out pt 2: “For the Saturday Girls…” Julie, are you fucking kidding me? I almost cried seeing that dedication😭😭)
As a huuuuuuge fan of “The Auction” and “The Rights & Wrongs” series….
I fucking loved this. It’s completely separated from the-bitch-who-must-not-be-named. Soto’s magic system is unique and very interesting! I loved her mind and heart magic descriptions, especially the mind magic. The needle and thread is such a great concept.
The name changes are a little funny to me. They’re just a little bit close to the originals that it made me giggle (ex. Briony - Hermione, Rory - Harry). Briony and Toven are my babies😩🫶🏻 they’re misunderstood, they’re broken and traumatized, they just want to love each other without getting killed or worse. I am a huge Dramione shipper, so Briony & Toven are my loves.
Now speaking on Dramione…
I said this before, but I really feel like HarperCollins and Julie Soto could’ve marketed this book COMPLETELY organic, without the mention of the JKR bitch’s characters. I have no hate at all for Julie Soto, as some people are saying she shouldn’t have written and published this book. But she made the story, the characters, and everything her own. She had influences. Doesn’t everyone have influences?
Overall, I absolutely devoured this book!!! Waiting another year for the 2nd is going to torture me😩 I maaaay have to read my downloaded copy of “The Auction” to get my fix😏
(I have to nerd out for a second: Nikita Jobson did the artwork😭 Her “Golden Girl” art is just beautiful that I was so excited to see she did the cover for Rose in Chains!!!)
(Nerd out pt 2: “For the Saturday Girls…” Julie, are you fucking kidding me? I almost cried seeing that dedication😭😭)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment
Minor: Body horror, Infertility, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Classism
Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Love love LOVED this. My first dip into the dramionie world and I LOVED it!it was very well written and easy to understand and keep up with. I thought the world building was excellent and really liked the subtle foreshadowing and then going back in time to offer little snippets of history. The only reason it didn’t get 5 is because I wish she would’ve explored more of Briony’s emotions. I felt like we were given very surface level reactions to very devastating circumstances and I would’ve liked her to go deeper into that. I also so wish she would’ve made this book longer, there is soooo much more I want to see! Briony in the arena, the heart spring bond actually happening, some sort of reconciliation w Toven, maybe more from the rebels, and we know she’s going to be put on that elixir soon. I also wish there would’ve been more exploration on her powers after mentioning so many times how powerful she was. But all that was missing was in a good way in that I am literally counting down for the next book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery
DNF at 120 pages. I just feel icky.
I know there are content warnings but every single man in this book is talking about touching the women or touching the women or selling the women to own and touch them and take their power and I just can’t. It’s every single page. And the power imbalance at the love interest being the one to buy her? I can guarantee it’ll be oh he’s not as bad as any of the others and he’s actually helping her by buying her, but it still feels wrong. I like dark fantasy but not like this. Just stab someone instead. So I give up cause I don’t know just how far they’re willing to go, and I don’t think I want to know.
I know there are content warnings but every single man in this book is talking about touching the women or touching the women or selling the women to own and touch them and take their power and I just can’t. It’s every single page. And the power imbalance at the love interest being the one to buy her? I can guarantee it’ll be oh he’s not as bad as any of the others and he’s actually helping her by buying her, but it still feels wrong. I like dark fantasy but not like this. Just stab someone instead. So I give up cause I don’t know just how far they’re willing to go, and I don’t think I want to know.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, War
dark
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lovesbitca8 WHEN I FIND U I STG
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm going to have to think about the rating for this book. It was well written but I had a hard time falling in love with it based on the premise of the story. So much of the book was women being exploited. I felt like something was missing to make it work.
I didn't care for most of the character names. Most of the sounded made up.
I didn't care for most of the character names. Most of the sounded made up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I enjoyed reading this even though I was never a Harry Potter millennial. I love Julie Soto’s contemporary romances so I decided to give this a shot. The story and characters felt unique and original from my perspective.
This is very slow burn, as in, multiple books probably. Like, more painful than Assistant to the Villain. I think it makes sense, though, considering I as the reader don’t fully “get” their attraction to each other. Or at least her attraction to him. More needs to be explored there, so I’m fine with where we end up.
This is very slow burn, as in, multiple books probably. Like, more painful than Assistant to the Villain. I think it makes sense, though, considering I as the reader don’t fully “get” their attraction to each other. Or at least her attraction to him. More needs to be explored there, so I’m fine with where we end up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying, Violence
Minor: Death, War
If you can’t handle Handmaid’s Tale, skip this one. There are some parts that are harder to get through than others.