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Foxglove by Adalyn Grace

21 reviews

kwthor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Miscarriage

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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I had a wonderful time reading this book. I think it was a good sequel -- I think it carried on the overall storyline and plot while still being its own book.

I adored the characters. It was nice seeing more of Blythe, and Signa was good. I liked Death, and I had a good time reading about Fate. I liked the relationships -- Signa and Blythe, Signa and Death, and Blythe and Fate. I loved the the snark and bantering between Blythe and Fate.  The writing was good, and the pacing varied a little, but I enjoyed it overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, and Pregnancy

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I lovedddd this book and thought it was a great sequel to Belladonna and in my personal opinion, even better than the first book 🤭 I enjoyed the murder mystery aspect and how several theories as the story progressed and the ones I got right have me very excited for the next installment of the series bc I cannot wait to see what the author has in store for the characters especially

Blythe and Fate

!! Wisteria is gonna be a new anticipated read this year and August needs to come ASAP! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Vomit, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Sexual content

theycallmebookish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

Yes I can confirm the second book was just as good as the first. Of course it would be because now we have two bad ass FMMs (Signa and Blythe) and 2 morally grey MMMs (Death and Fate), duh! Consider this my application to live in Foxglove please! The storyline and world building is chefs kiss. All the details from the descriptions of their dresses, to how the wallpaper looks and the gory details of the ghosts make it, so it’s almost like you’re playing a movie in your head. Love these characters so much because it feels like you know them after reading this book. I read the physical and listened to the audiobook and the narrator was 10 out of 10. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Death, and Blood

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Vomit

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

“Foxglove” draggggged! It wasn’t until the last three or so hours of the audiobook that things started picking up and getting interesting. Definitely suffers from Second Book Syndrome—just a way to push the plot from Book 1 to Book 3 for the conclusion. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

While I could guess where the story was going to end I very much enjoyed the journey there. I can’t wait to learn more about Life Death and Fate and how Signa fits in with all of that. Blythe gets some POVs too and I enjoyed them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Animal death, Classism, Death, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

xom4e's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I would give this 10 stars if I could! Big loves. I didn’t think this would be better than the first book, Belladonna, but it absolutely positively was!! 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Abortion

I actually CAN NOT wait for Wisteria.

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE the characters, the book, the story line EVERY.THING. Like DEATH AND SIGNA sdfajfenfkfnafn I LOVE THEM SO MUCH and they make me so happy and they're so happy!! Also I somehow did NOT think of the ending although it was low key obvious but I was so devastated by Death and Signa that I did not notice! Idk if it was shown in the tapestries but also they already had the connection at the statue like OMG it was so obvious but I was too into it to tell. I literally CAN'T WAIT for Wisteria to come out like AHHHHHH! Fate was kind of a jerk in here but I guess we'll see what happens to him in the next book :) I really liked how the story played out in the end, like how everything unfolded, the murderer was quite unexpected and the reason behind it, I was sad for what happened and also the clues we saw earlier all made sense at the end. I was so immersed into the story and the characters and I'm glad that Blythe and Signa made it through to the end :) I really liked seeing the ghosts in Foxglove and their different stories I think they, especially Amira, helped Signa a lot with her loneliness when she couldn't see Death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Child death

wheelyautistic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can't explain how much I love this book serious and I really hope more are written. This was such an amazingly immersive book that had me unable to put the book down. I can't recommend it enough the love story and passion in addition to the mysteries and plot twists were incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Abortion, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief and Death of parent