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The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli

20 reviews

raindrops333's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Violence, Classism, Gore, and Religious bigotry

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is NOT YA. Stop trying to normalize sexual content in YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Torture, Blood, Classism, Death, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

rachtmh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow…. 

The most criminal thing about this book is that it is a Duology and I have to wait for book 2. 

I loved everything about this book. The story, the setting, the characters, the dual POV, the history and even the twist and turns. 

The author does such a wonderful job of throwing you Red herrings, keeping suspicions high, questioning everything and hopelessly falling in love with the characters. 

The dual POV was also done extremely well. It never felt like it had just been added for the sake of. Each chapter that wasn’t from the POV of the main characters, Rune Winters, felt like it was necessary and enriching to the story. 

Definitely going to re-read when the second comes out to enjoy the world and story as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

This book gripped me at the first few chapters. I was on the edge of my seat stressing through the Crimson Moth moments. I loved the duel POV (I love when authors include this aspect). Gideon and Rune are two broken hearts & soul who are inevitable. Can’t wait for the second book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Classism, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

suzi_is_cake's review against another edition

Cannot believe this book is so hyped. I’m stopping this book for my own sanity and am gonna leave it at my local station reading library cause omg the triggers in this book that are not mentioned and the fact this is a YA when it should obviously be an NA. I don’t mind enemies to lovers but this was not that it was basically just everyone needs therapy and instead are awful to each other. I was gonna try and power through to the end but it was just too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Self harm

malisac16's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism

alfarmer's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was fine. I think I would have liked it more if there was more character development. But it all felt a little shallow and predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

nikkic66's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

er_inreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Crimson Moth is set up to be one of 2024’s most anticipated and popular reads. And after reading it for myself, I can understand why. 

I was incredibly fortunate to receive The Crimson Moth as a reviewer, and I’m thankful for the opportunity to read and review. My review is based on my own honest opinions. I have rated this book a 4 star, due to the fact that when I started this book and I nearly put it down again and did not continue reading. I was both sucked in from the start, and turned off due to the love triangle trope (this is not my favourite). However, I continued to read it, mostly out of obligation, but I am so, so glad I did. 

From about 50% in I was completely hooked. I couldn’t put it down. Gideon’s story broke my heart, I wanted to reach through the pages and give him a hug. I’m a big fan of Gideon, I have a thing for the “villains” in the story. Enemies to lovers to enemies again. Top tier trope. 

We follow Rune, our FMC who spends her days living as a vapid socialite, but her nights as a vigilante witch rescuer. Rune, her long time best friend Alex, and her friend Verity conspire to rescue witches from the clutches of the Blood Guard, breaking them from jail and saving them from the purging, and tracking them down to ship to another continent before they’re found. Rune, despite being hidden in plain sight for over 2 years, is hunted by the blood guards best witch hunter. But what happens when witch and witch hunter fall in love? Heartbreak. Betrayal. A serious moral confusion of what is right and wrong. The ending of this book had me in tears. I did NOT see the plot twist coming. I thought i had it figured out, I was so very wrong. 

I am so excited for this book to release and for others to experience The Crimson Moth.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Drug use, and War

Minor: Sexual content

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Torture, Death, Gun violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism, and Police brutality

Minor: Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse