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A review by saucy_bookdragon
Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
It's giving early draft with how underdeveloped every aspect felt and the heavy amount of telling instead of showing. The premise was intriguing as it's lowkey a fucked up remix of Peter Pan, but is lost in execution.
Also, I felt the use of Wicca was just cliche and leaned into stereotypes that pagan religions are demonic/evil. Not saying that's what the author was intending, rather that's how I read it. With that said, I am not very familiar with Wicca nor the author and so do not know how accurately it was portrayed, so take it with a grain of salt and correct me if I'm wrong.
Also, I felt the use of Wicca was just cliche and leaned into stereotypes that pagan religions are demonic/evil. Not saying that's what the author was intending, rather that's how I read it. With that said, I am not very familiar with Wicca nor the author and so do not know how accurately it was portrayed, so take it with a grain of salt and correct me if I'm wrong.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury