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madnabox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Abigail is taken to the land of fae by the prince of the Unseelie. She keeps making deals with him and he takes advantage of loopholes in their deals. Abigail is very trusting of every fae she comes into contact with, despite internally reminding herself that she was taught by her aunt not to trust any fae.
I got tired of the "rapport" between Abigail and Valroy. It was like the same conversation over and over. It's like Abigail kept trying to change Valroy and we would keep telling her of his nature.
Did I like this book? Meh, it was a different read. It was sold to me as something spicy. There was maybe .5 chilis of spice with the tension of Abigail denying her feelings.
Will I be continuing this series? Nope. I'm not into the amount of gore in this book and I did not like the characters enough.
Graphic: Gore
sabinehunter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Infertility, Toxic relationship, War, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
cosyqueer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Violence, Death, Sexual content, and Gore
Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, and Infertility
Minor: Body horror and Rape
cassie12_21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Info on the rape: (he doesn't do it, its talked about)
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Rape, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Infertility, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit
madelinelindy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gore
Moderate: Kidnapping, Infertility, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Rape
queergoth_reads'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
3.25
One thing that I did find kind of annoying was that the main character is supposed to be British but occasionally would use phrases and terms that wouldn't be used here and I found that quite jarring.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Body shaming
Minor: Animal death
baroo92'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? Yes
4.0
I found the MC a little exhausting, but the world building and the plot's main mystery kept me hooked, even if I initially started as an ironic read.
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment
alexandryareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Murder, Confinement, and Torture
acreatureofbooksandtea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
The start of the book was basically the same as the end of the book. There was no character growth or plot progression. It genuinely felt like I had just completely wasted my time reading through the book.
The MMC had no redeemable or likable qualities. He spends much of the story sexually harassing and assaulting the FMC, or putting her life in mortal danger while he goes off to take a nap. His whole plan is to use her to further his own goals—which will require him killing her—but wants to make sure he can use her for sex fist.
When he's not sexually harassing the FMC, he's enjoying the hell out of himself by killing. Everyone. Indiscriminately. In the most brutal ways possible. One scene in particular, he tortures and skins alive a 10-year-old boy before turning him into a monster, and he's having such a good time while he does it.
The FMC goes through one life threatening situation after another in this story, is constantly injured and hurt, and is forced throughout the entire story to go through extreme mental and emotional torment. She's treated as nothing but a playing by the MMC and a pawn by almost everyone else in the story, and because of the MMC she is always being target by someone or something trying to kill her. Or in one case, rape her and then kill her.
I picked this book up because the cover was beautiful, and it was listed as a fantasy romance. This story is not a romance. Nothing romantic, loving, or even consensually sexual happens between the MCs in this book. They lust after each other, and that's it.
The focus of the story is the MMC's aspirations for power, and the FMC trying to find a way out of the world of the fae. Ultimately neither of their plans come to fruition, and at the end of the book the FMC commits suicide by walking into a field of carnivorous flowers and allowing them to burrow their vines into her body and consume her from the inside out, which is something I wasn't expecting and really wished I could have avoided reading about.
Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, and Infertility
Minor: Cannibalism
strawberrymoonceci's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
It actually had a promising start, I think I would have liked this book a lot more had it just been about her living in her cabin, being the only witch in town.
The guy was an actual monster,
I don't understand how I was supposed to like it. All in all it was hot garbage, but at least I wasn't terribly bored. A few more things. It was supposed to be spicy, but they don't even home run, actually, they don't even 3rd base. Also, she cried a lot, not enough in my opinion, honestly, but he would always be like: why are you crying?! Seriously...
Also, she was always mentioning how much taller than her he was, first she said he was two feet taller than her, then she said he was three times her size, then she said he was four times her size! Then she went back to three. I mean, consistency, also, sounds like she is a child. Ew.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infertility