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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
This book is crazy!!! I loved it but it’s also an emotionally difficult read. Shapeshifting and centuries and the matter-of-fact discussions of using humans as breeding stock. Doro is truly deranged, Anyanwu makes some morally questionable, objectively wild choices herself. A toxic love story for the ages (that I will neither admit nor deny I was rooting for). I recommend this to no one and everyone. The ACOTAR Addie LaRue 4th wing tiktok girlies could never
Still loving Ms. Butler. I'll grab the rest of the series.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The meandering and back and forth of the main characters started to get boring.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just… I hate Doro so much. It’s just so not enjoyable if you’re waiting for the redemption arc moment. It’s there but falls flat. It is a book that really gets you thinking on some really interesting stuff. It’s a heck of a story, I’m glad I read it but I also just sat there after feeling a shell of myself. I read this because I loved Octavia’s other book Parable of the Sower- this one just didn’t blow me away in the same manner but I think it’s still good writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation
Minor: Suicide