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haileeraye's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, and Child death
mousegoddess's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Solid read that manages to avoid a lot of vampire romance tropes that I'm not a fan of. Romance worked for me, the author knew how to make it a balanced partnership. On the fence about how mental illness was treated, it was treated with some compassion... but also the mentally ill people in the story were murderous and/or a burden on their family. BUT it still wasn't treated as a moral failing and, for the non-villain, it was very much presented as "having a mental illness doesn't make a person unworthy". I also appreciated the portrayal of caretaker fatigue and the way it was written made the iffy mental illness portrayal less detrimental.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Grief, Child death, and Mental illness
Minor: Homophobia
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