Reviews - A Dowry of Blood

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A Dowry of Blood

S.T. Gibson

4.05 AVERAGE

hari_priya_09's review against another edition

2.0

dark relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jerrydoggers's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 37%

The writing in this book is lovely but this was sold to me as a paranormal romance and I think that is a horrible way to categorize this book. It's much more a tale of a woman breaking free from abuse and a toxic relationship. It's simply not the genre of book I want to read currently.

alexandraduggan's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

meesch13's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jordancfield's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was very mid for me. It’s dark and short and perfect for spooky season, but it just didn’t hit for me. I think partially that has to do with the fact that I just read Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil recently which has a very similar premise (vampires in toxic and controlling relationships) and I preferred that book to this one.

The writing is very beautiful, and it showed emotions well but I wasn’t invested in the plot or characters. Also, my copy had a short story that is an epilogue of sorts to the novel that I found to be completely unnecessary and detracts from the original ending.