Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

House of Bane and Blood by Alexis L. Menard

4 reviews

tguccione's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide and Sexual harassment

karapillar's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, Grief, War, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Murder, Child death, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Cursing, Xenophobia, Medical content, Colonisation, Vomit, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Slavery

vi_holmes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, especially the first half! Camilla is a great character! A real badass, witty, and smart. The Attano family were also a big highlight for me. So many great personalities. Nonna had me cackling.

My only complaints are that Camilla's willfully blind faith in her brothers (especially Aramis) got tiring.

I didn't care for his explaination for his behaviour either. He would have been a better character for me if he remained cold and selfish as he was portayed.

And the ending felt rushed. I'm very keen to see where it will lead in the next book, but I just didn't love the ending. But I will say

Giles deserved better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Classism, Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, War, Gaslighting, and Torture

beersbooksandbooos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I follow the author on TikTok and when she said this was Peaky Blinders mixed with the Grishaverse, I knew I had to pick up this book. Peaky Blinders is one of my favorite shows, so this book was perfect. I would have read it in one day if I didn't need sleep. The magic system was Chef Kiss and I could see where the Grishaverse magic system inspired the author. Though I really liked this magic system a lot more. I have also found my new book boyfriend in Nico, I kept picturing the musician Ren as Nico.  I loved reading about Milla's growth, and how she became stronger and was able to stand her own.  The side characters also made me love this book and I really can't wait to see more of them.  I am glad I don't have to wait a whole year for book two, just half a year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death