10.5k reviews for:

The Ritual

Shantel Tessier

3.84 AVERAGE

y0bin23's review against another edition

3.0

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I had a good time reading it but this book had no business being this long

nilayay's review against another edition

1.0

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I'm breaking my rule of not commenting on any book for this nonsense. (oh, such important information!)
I don't want to say anything about the people who like this, but... really? All nonsense aside (everyone has already written what they want to write), what are the song names sprinkled throughout the story? maybe a weird advertising strategy? What a waste of time it was, luckily I gave up halfway through. Hundreds of books are waiting for me to read.

kylieajohnston's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense fast-paced

hails4's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sodo's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

cmyers20576's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ellareadstoomuch's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Blakely was insufferable.
I loved the plot but I feel it could have been executed better. It felt slow at times and I don't understand how this book is "Darker" than books like Hunting Adeline or Taming Seraphine, it is just school with a couple of murders and nothing else, a possessive MMC doesn't make a Dark Romance darker because of it.
I enjoyed Aiden Snow's narration. But I don't know if it is worth to read the next books in the series.

sarahhook's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nyxdarkness's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

sanderson0516's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced