Reviews tagging 'Death'

What Hunts Inside the Shadows by Harper L. Woods

18 reviews

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Good development to the storyline from the first book with the mystery around Estrella & I liked the introduction of the side characters. Good world building but I felt this book dragged a lot more than the 1st one and at times scenes between the two MCs felt unnecessary or cringey. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Confinement

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

There is almost entirely no plot. 90% of this book is smut. We finally start getting somewhere in the end chapters and then it ENDS?! I thought this was a duology (I’m dumb) and now I have to read two more books, neither of which are even published yet. What the hell. Guaranteed this and the next two books could be combined into 1 book if you eliminated 30 out of 35 sex scenes (approximately). I’m all for the spice but give me the story too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Grief, Cursing, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, and Torture

chaotic_hyperactive's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Blood, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Rape

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The pacing is odd because the first half is a lot of repativie dialogue and not a whole lot going on adventure wise. There is a ramp up in smut which I don't mind but it seemed like after any little movement towards the goal, the characters needed to stop and bang it out. 

It finally gets interesting at the end but then it feels rushed to get it over with. It definitely sets up the next book though and I will definitely read it but this felt like a long filler to tie the first and third books. I did enjoy seeing the growth of Estrella and her powers but that's all the character growth that happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Rape

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Animal death, Medical content, and Rape

lilithreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, War, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

cassie12_21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Cliff hanger. I wanna kms rn. 😭. More smut in this book though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Torture, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Stalking, War, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Suicidal thought are not due to depression.

bakunzi1990's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

There are some parts of this book that I love so much I feel like you'll always be inside my heart however there are some parts of the book that were so out of the norm and pornographic that I had to detach myself from the book and situation.  It would have been an easy 5 stars without all the strangsex. That's just not my thing. 

It's feminist in one line then in another I'm cringing from the language he uses with the MC. Kinda gives mixed signals as if the author herself was conflicted herself. 

The world building was top notch as well as the friendships. The evolution of the MC is as well. I'm still looking forward to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape