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sydneyfriend'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Sexual content, and Gun violence
Moderate: Car accident and Blood
ambrosiablue's review against another edition
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Car accident, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
bialosqrska's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Minor: Trafficking, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Cursing, Body shaming, Drug use, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia
brhoades1029's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Trafficking, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
plush's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Firstly, I have avoided writing a review because I’m conflicted. I’ve literally read two other light romances before coming back to this review.
I’m not going to go in super detail about plot because this book is dark. Please read trigger warnings, because this is actually dark.
I have not dabbled in dark romances. This is my first toe in the water and I’m pretty confident I will not read anymore. This is brutal to read. Especially the first 40/50%. There is graphic explicit rape, sexual assault, gore, knife play, death, murder, misogyny, etc… Had I not been buddy reading this, I’m not sure I would have even made it through book one.
All of this sounds rather negative, but I did like aspects of this book. Namely Addie’s revenge. It was the only reason I kept reading, because I wanted to see her assaulters suffer. Which, spoiler, they do in fact suffer.
This book is addictive. I’m not sure I would say that I enjoyed myself, but I wanted to know the end. I felt compelled to finish the book. But honestly, this didn’t even feel like a romance. It felt like an origin story. By the end of the book Addie is not at all who she was in book one. She’s understandably traumatized, but she also becomes bloodthirsty. I’m not sure it actually felt true to her character, but trauma changes everyone.
There were a lot of random, unnecessary side plots and points in this story. One being the journal Addie finds. Another being this weird cult that keeps being mentioned. The other strange thing being the rituals related to this supposed shadow government. Also, Addie’s house being hella haunted? It was a lot of extra just kinda spooned in with everything else to the point of being muddy.
I don’t really know. I’m giving it 3 stars because I finished it, and it made me thing, although I would never pick it up and read it again.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Body horror, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Sexual harassment
l_myers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Body horror, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
katierosecrane'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Cursing, Sexual assault, Death, Mental illness, Addiction, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Trafficking
sshammyss'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Blood, and Rape
elliemaeeee'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, and Violence
sbrooks7264's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Gore, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking