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mfrisk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
5.0
Getting to know the Evans women was a lot of fun and this vampire story set in a small town was well worth it. I felt like this book kept the action going from start to finish while also feeling somewhat of a cozy horror (cozy in the sense of the relationship building but not lack of horror elements). It is gory, gross, and adds some new elements into vampire lore which I thought was a great way to revitalize what we feel we already know.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Gore
coffeeandprose's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, and Blood
natboyd's review against another edition
dark
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This is a cozy horror set in a small Texas town in the late 1990s. It gives me Practical Magic vibes, with three generations of Evans women working together to fight Strigoi–monsters that are part zombie, part vampire, and completely terrifying–while also protecting the youngest Evans, 15-year-old Luna, from the monsters and from the secrets about her heritage. This is a fast, gruesome, entertaining read, and I was delighted to see it is the first of a series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Body horror
Moderate: Vomit
ktdakotareads's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Death, and Child death
apairofducks's review against another edition
4.25
This book is not at all what I expected from the cover. It’s much more of a horror novel than the quirky vampire cover, and it’s not really a vampire novel at all— still, it had great characters and fun (albeit incomplete) world-building.
My biggest complaint is that the pacing of every action scene was a bit all over the place, like the author didn’t have experience writing stories coming to a head and not just being characters hanging out, but overall, they worked.
My biggest complaint is that the pacing of every action scene was a bit all over the place, like the author didn’t have experience writing stories coming to a head and not just being characters hanging out, but overall, they worked.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Vomit, Murder, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Medical content
Minor: Homophobia and Mass/school shootings
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