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maeverose's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.25
My favorite thing about this duology is the descriptions of nature and the settings. Second favorite is the romance. I really like how everything concluded in this one.
The tone of this book feels a bit different than the first because we follow Silver’s pov in this one instead of Tobias’s. Their personalities are pretty different and show through the narration of each book pretty distinctly. This could be a pro or a con for some people, but personally I really liked it and thought it was done well. I do prefer Tobias as a character but I think it was cool to see from both their perspectives and it helped me connect to each character better.
Minor nitpick: I was a little annoyed with how often we were reminded how big™️ Tobias was, but halfway through it became less frequent thankfully.My biggest complaint is that I wish we actually got some interactions with the vampire. Instead he was killed before they even met him and it turned into a plot about finding fairies.. which I wouldn’t have minded so much if I hadn’t been promised a vampire story lol
Obviously these are novellas so you can only fit so much into them but I would maybe like a companion novel/novella of Tobias’s (or Mrs Silver or Maud’s) adventures in monster hunting. We don’t get to see much of that in these books and honestly that sounds like it would be pretty fun to read about.
The tone of this book feels a bit different than the first because we follow Silver’s pov in this one instead of Tobias’s. Their personalities are pretty different and show through the narration of each book pretty distinctly. This could be a pro or a con for some people, but personally I really liked it and thought it was done well. I do prefer Tobias as a character but I think it was cool to see from both their perspectives and it helped me connect to each character better.
Minor nitpick: I was a little annoyed with how often we were reminded how big™️ Tobias was, but halfway through it became less frequent thankfully.
Obviously these are novellas so you can only fit so much into them but I would maybe like a companion novel/novella of Tobias’s (or Mrs Silver or Maud’s) adventures in monster hunting. We don’t get to see much of that in these books and honestly that sounds like it would be pretty fun to read about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, and Blood
Minor: Gun violence
Description of a beheaded corpsemadarauchiha's review
slow-paced
0.25
❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️
I can't believe how boring cishet white people can make A) lgbt characters and B) Faery characters. Maybe someone likes this book. I can't imagine who besides boring white people who eat plain untoasted white bread, drink mayonaise smoothies, and take 2 minute no soap showers.
Like god being gay is amazing? It's life changing it's like ever blossoming sunflowers following the never setting sun! And this author makes it so. BORING. Tedious. God this gay character so fucking cishet and white. I really can't stress this enough. Jesus, stop writing about us. You don't know how. I half want to tag this as CW homophobia.
◆ I: The Demon of Rothling Abbey
minor blood, alcohol, ableist c slur,
medium live burial,
◆ II: The Fairy Queen
major violence, murder, gore, possession, body horror,
I can't believe how boring cishet white people can make A) lgbt characters and B) Faery characters. Maybe someone likes this book. I can't imagine who besides boring white people who eat plain untoasted white bread, drink mayonaise smoothies, and take 2 minute no soap showers.
Like god being gay is amazing? It's life changing it's like ever blossoming sunflowers following the never setting sun! And this author makes it so. BORING. Tedious. God this gay character so fucking cishet and white. I really can't stress this enough. Jesus, stop writing about us. You don't know how. I half want to tag this as CW homophobia.
◆ I: The Demon of Rothling Abbey
minor blood, alcohol, ableist c slur,
medium live burial,
◆ II: The Fairy Queen
major violence, murder, gore, possession, body horror,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and Blood
bexi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping, Body horror, and Blood
Minor: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Violence, and Murder
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