it_me_nabi 's review for:

This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank you, Net Galley and Orbit, for the opportunity to read and review this arc in advance. 

I had thoroughly enjoyed the themes of feverish obsession and desire that had pervaded throughout the novel.  The gothic academia setting aided in further bringing these qualities to the forefront.  The novel had more of a medium/slow pacing that gradually led you along through the progression of Thora and Olea’s obsession with not only one another, but with their morbid fascination with knowledge and their research.  The mysteries behind the garden and Olea had been intriguing and had me wanting to know more as they unraveled.  A gripe I did have with the novel though, was how it felt as though there were things left unanswered that left me wanting to have more closure after I had finished the novel.  Despite that issue, overall, I really enjoyed the novel and would highly recommend it to anyone that is looking for a Sapphic gothic fantasy that features a dark obsessive all-consuming passion between the women, their academic pursuits, and their innermost desires.