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Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

17 reviews

sultrytartreviews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

I finally picked this up after seeing sooo many people in my bookstagram community picking it up. WOW-it was such a great read. I loved the post apocalyptical darkness as the setting. And Danny and Wyn were just perfect as MCs. A little grumpy sunshine is never a bad thing! There is also unconventional road tripping. 

One content warning I want to include is for the last third of the book. There is graphic and on page torture / bodily harm. I was wholly unprepared for this (I usually don't read really dark romances), and so it completely took me off guard here since the rest of the book didn't lend to that style. I've heard the other books in the series do not contain violent scenes like this. Hope that helps since I never see anyone talking about this as CW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence and Death

Minor: Murder

monster body parts, imprisonment, a whole messed up scene with large insects

cappuccino_yuki_teddy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, and Torture

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

OK, I have found my new obsession and boy is it a hot one. This is everything I never knew I needed in my life - M/M monster dystopian romance!

I was surprised to see this was the author's first novel because it's such a strong debut! Sure it's a little rough around the edges, but the setting and character's she's created here are a great foundation. And it was such a rollercoaster! I felt joy, pain, fear, anxiety, heartbreak....but ultimately it's just such a sweet romance.

The two leads, Danny (the lovable, kinda dumb human) and Wyn (the Soul Eater) have such lovely interactions. It's told entirely from Danny's POV, though I kinda wish there were some POVs written from Wyn's perspective because he is very much the strong, silent type. But watching him slowly start to relax around Danny was amazing and their sexy times...holy hotness. I haven't been exposed to much in the ways of alternate anatomy, but boy did I enjoy this and all the variations they got up to!

Really looking forward to see where the series goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Vomit, and Xenophobia

laurenbooksit10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I read this one on a whim after hearing about it from one of my fav bookstagrammers (@romantically_inclined). I went in not really knowing anything. I had no idea it was dystopian or that the hero would be such an adorable cinnamon roll or that I would be treated to a wonderfully well put together story in a weird apocalyptic hellscape that would be so dang compelling. 

I'm not really sure what category this book fits into, but for being so dark (check your content warnings, friends!), this book was also so heart meltingly sweet. Will be starting the next book in 10... 9... 8... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Murder, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

lotte5322's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Death

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

hungryhornyinsomniac's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

But I felt the plot lacking and it was fun more for the smut and the character development. You had this amazing post-apocalyptic plot that was almost forgotten, it's more of the two traveling through the 'wastelands' vibes and adding monster fucking. The smut was good tho! I didn't rate it higher because it was just more of them screwing frequently, I would consider upping the spice cuz Wyn's Anatomy big plus

wyn has both a penis-like appendage and a slit that's used<s/poiler>, I love the switching and I enjoyed Danny x Wyn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Homophobia, War, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

acreatureofbooksandtea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Confinement and Homophobia