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Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Vomit
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting
Minor: Animal death, Abandonment
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment
Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Racism, Transphobia, Vomit, Outing, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Abandonment
Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
“The question isn't whether magic is real. It's whether I can touch it without being consumed by it.”
This book was alright. The dark academia vibes were spooky and fun. The fact that there was absolutely zero characters that were men was delightful. I didn't fully realize until the very end but every character either identifies as a woman or nonbinary. Loved that representation! I also really liked when the writing got a little meta. However, I found it slightly annoying when the author said something to the extent of "she touched me and I felt a tingle go down my spine" for the 50th time. Like find a new description, please. But ultimately, the atmosphere was this book's saving grace, for sure. The writing and plot weren't terrible. I found different parts intriguing but the first two-thirds or so were kind of slow. It really picked up in the last third but by then I had predicted a major plot twist so when it happened, it didn't impact me the way I expect it was meant to. If YA thrillers and dark academia are your jam, you'd probably enjoy this more than I did.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Abandonment, Classism
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Alcohol
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Outing, Abandonment
it's layered with stories of witches/ghosts/the occult that don't serve any purpose except to make things fit a certain aesthetic, which feels very contrived. a lot of plot points, like the "cult" happenings, had no payoff, especially not for the side characters, who were very flat. i did appreciate the bits that dealt with Felicity's past and her previous girlfriend, though, and i enjoyed the ending!
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Murder
Minor: Abandonment
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Abandonment
Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment