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A review by miss_riley_mae
These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
We aren’t talking about this book enough.
This book followed the formula of dark academia that I love. Lonely kids, too intelligent for their own good. And intelligent to the point of destruction. I found these characters and their relationship deeply fascinating. I couldn’t tell if they hated to love each other or vice versa. Yet they cling to each other with an unprecedented fierceness. And that fierceness reached past their relationship and destroyed lives around them.
The prose in this was beautiful and reinforced the difficult and unpredictable relationship between Julian and Paul. The story kept me engrossed. Even though the plot was predictable, it worked. It kept me engrossed the entire time.
This book followed the formula of dark academia that I love. Lonely kids, too intelligent for their own good. And intelligent to the point of destruction. I found these characters and their relationship deeply fascinating. I couldn’t tell if they hated to love each other or vice versa. Yet they cling to each other with an unprecedented fierceness. And that fierceness reached past their relationship and destroyed lives around them.
The prose in this was beautiful and reinforced the difficult and unpredictable relationship between Julian and Paul. The story kept me engrossed. Even though the plot was predictable, it worked. It kept me engrossed the entire time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent