2.05k reviews for:

Shadows So Cruel

Liv Zander

3.89 AVERAGE

riverrose21's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

cityofblackbirds's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shanoona's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It could have been a nice story, but the actual writing kind of broke it for me. The heroine changed her mind very quickly very often, and psychologically, I could make sense of her reactions. The plot itself and the world were nice. The mmc was stupid. I didn't really care for any of them. Didn't seem rational or real to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

kara_lynn's review against another edition

4.25

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i was not expecting what happened in this book at all. i felt all the emotions😭

shelvedbysyd's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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⭐️: 5/5
🌶️: 4.5?/5
Genre: Dark Romantasy

In a word? Emotionally TRAUMATIC

I… do not understand this book. I should have DNFed. I heavily thought about it. It hit one of my HARD LINES (SA between SOs). But somehow Liv Zanders made me keep reading??? And LOVE THE STORY?? 

I truly do not understand how I love this book, all I know is that I do 

shanzetti's review against another edition

4.0

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Did I like this series or not? I’m not really sure, honestly. I think I loved some parts and hated others, but I don’t regret it, so that’s something 🤷‍♀️

whippedstitchreads's review against another edition

2.0

dark hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amc912's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Better than the 1st one 

ohheyyitscourt's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Ten stars! Loved it 

thecathoe's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Yes

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This book absolutely destroyed me. I'm definitely not ok 😭😭. The author sure has a way to make you fall in love with all the characters.