A review by booktribe
No One's Gonna Take Her Soul Away by Amanda B. Weaver

adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Sapphira is dead. And after being wrongfully cast down to the deepest depths of Pandemonia (aka hell), she decides to take her fate into her own hands and escape. But can she travel The Path of the Damned and make it back to the land of the living? The Wiz meets Dante’s Inferno in this Black, queer, horror novel!

The world building in this novel was amazing. I could picture every single part of hell so vividly. The body horror & the gore in this novel is WILD! This book is not for the faint of heart because there is so much torture and savagery! And as a horror girlie, I loved it, but it even had ME stressed out (in the best way)! And oh my god, the characters!!! I loved them so much! They all had such great chemistry. My babies Astra and Luquin must be protected at all costs! (not that they need protection lol) Astra is literally my favorite character of the year! I haven’t loved a character this much in so long! I loved all the main characters though and hated the villains! There weren’t any characters that blended in the background. They all stood out and evoked emotion in me, whether it was love or hate!

My only complaint is that the story felt a little repetitive at times. The recurrent thoughts about Dante mainly. Also, the last couple of fights in part 1, but, once I got to Part 2 of the book, I didn’t want to put it down! 

This was such a dark, fun ride! The characters were everything, the gore was everything, and this has solidified Amanda B. Weaver’s place as one of my fave authors!

Thank you to the author for this arc! All opinions are my own.

TW: drug and alcohol use, violence, anxiety, depression, torture, gore, cannibalism, emotional and mental abuse, and murder
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