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martamae77's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Violence, and Sexism
Minor: Rape, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
psydneigh's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book was pretty slow in my opinion. I felt like this did a lot of the set up for the rest of the series as opposed to standing up as it’s own story. I’m interested to see where this goes, but so far I don’t think this book is as strong as the Vampire Academy books.
I get that Richelle wanted Sydney to have body insecurity, but I did not like how she did it. Sydney is an 18 year old human that’s a size 4, and is comparing herself to a 15 year old Moroi that’s a size 2. I just didn’t like that because a size 4 is pretty damn small and the difference between size 2 and 4 isn’t that big. I just wish that if Richelle really wanted have a character with body insecurities then make Sydney a size 8 or something. (Not that size 8 is by any means big AT ALL but it feels more realistic and makes more sense why Sydney would feel that way when shes always around Jill). Idk it just felt icky to me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, and Rape
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