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Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
This book started out pretty shaky BUT I was won over by the amazing work of the narrator. She had a way of narrating things so that the banter and characters flowed in a way that the prose didn’t. I will also credit the book with the fact that Poppy felt like an 18-year-old girl scrabbling for control in her own life. The themes and exploration of them was interesting. Poppy’s character lent to these themes and it was fairly well done. Aside from that, the foreshadowing as fairly well done.
What really tanked this book for me was the last quarter of the book roughly. While it was declining slightly before the twist was revealed, that’s what destroyed the book for me. Everything about the characters and who they were felt like it vanished. Their actions stopped making sense and while I thought some changes after the reveal of the twist were well some, most didn’t. I stopped understanding Poppy and her actions. I found myself so frustrated with her and what she was doing that it tanked the book for me.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual harassment
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Poppy is truly a multi-faceted queen who is a teeeeeny bit reckless when it comes to her wants and passions. The trainings she has had to endure in order to becoming worthy for the Gods All of this is in preperation for her ascension. So, how did we end up at the brothel in the first chapter do you say? Well, you’re gonna have to stick around to find out.
I love being in Poppy’s brain and understanding how her mind works throughout this journey. The people who have saved her time and time again has made her grow in ways that molds her intuition. Understanding what does she want for herself out of this life. The story is fast-paced and will keep you on your toes. Amazing story-telling and the world building gradually develops as you dive into the story. I highly recommend it and it is also an ongoing series! I actually can’t wait to dive into the next book.
5/5 💫
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence