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Of Wicked Blood
by Olivia Wildenstein, Katie Hayoz
Audiobook ARC Review: Received for free via NetGalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
CW/TW: bullying, blood, thievery, foster care system, parental death, mention of fire, kidnapping, grave robbing, vomiting, gore, ableist slurs, anxiety, PTSD, drowning, poisoning, injections, arachnophobia, mention of separation/divorce, mention of suicide, lying about abandonment, accidental murder, incorrect use of powwow, child death, body disposal, mention of drug use, alcohol, violence, dark magick, mutilation, injury, coma
I am confusion.
I really enjoyed this book, the narrating is really very good and makes it even more interesting. The writing is good and it's engaging and it's not hard to get though because it's simple and easy to understand.
I like how much time was spent building the lore and magick of the town, how the world building is put together to create a world that one can imagine. We aren't choked with information about the history and magick, there's no info dumping, it's done in such a way that it builds around the story itself, that it fits with the scene, is important with the setup of the scene. The magick of the leaves is understandable and is done in such a way that, like Slate, we end up understanding its workings and its importance as the story progresses.
I love the characters. They are funny when they need to be and serious when that's what is needed. Everyone playz their role and they do it well, they all have part and they stick with it. They are well written characters, loveable and relatable and realistic. I think the only character that bothers me is Cadence's father, who's story leaves me lacking closure.
I like that although Slate and Cadence have a bit of an instalove connection, they don't just fall into each others arms and have it all be fine and dandy, they are realistic about everything, question their emotions, acknowledging that they don't know each other well enough for anything more than lust. Their relationship is built up, they get to know each other, get to learn each other and how they handle stressful situations. They don't just fall in love because of looks, but because they've learned each other, seen the ugly side of each other and know each other from their shared experiences.
The thing I like the least about this book is the ending. I feel like an entire chapter is missing. I listened to the last few chapters a number of times and I still can't figure out how the ending happened, how it all concluded the way it did, with an epilogue there too! I feel like we needed at least one (1) or two (2) more chapters just to pull everything together, hash it all out, because there are still questions that I didn't get answers to.
I don't know how a second book would go after all this, because it seems most things came together, but I don't understand the ending. There are too many holes in the end for it to be truly satisfying. A second book would seem out of place, what with things mostly having come together, but maybe there'll be a new trial and the team will have to come together and once more fight the good fight, you know. I can imagine it being about the concewuences of everything that's happen. So yeah, maybe a second book would be a good thing as it'd give us more time and space to disect the first book as well as build more on the world with the aftermath of everything.
Yeah, actually, I would like a second book to answer my questions as well as to show us what's happened after the messiness of the book.
CW/TW: bullying, blood, thievery, foster care system, parental death, mention of fire, kidnapping, grave robbing, vomiting, gore, ableist slurs, anxiety, PTSD, drowning, poisoning, injections, arachnophobia, mention of separation/divorce, mention of suicide, lying about abandonment, accidental murder, incorrect use of powwow, child death, body disposal, mention of drug use, alcohol, violence, dark magick, mutilation, injury, coma
I am confusion.
I really enjoyed this book, the narrating is really very good and makes it even more interesting. The writing is good and it's engaging and it's not hard to get though because it's simple and easy to understand.
I like how much time was spent building the lore and magick of the town, how the world building is put together to create a world that one can imagine. We aren't choked with information about the history and magick, there's no info dumping, it's done in such a way that it builds around the story itself, that it fits with the scene, is important with the setup of the scene. The magick of the leaves is understandable and is done in such a way that, like Slate, we end up understanding its workings and its importance as the story progresses.
I love the characters. They are funny when they need to be and serious when that's what is needed. Everyone playz their role and they do it well, they all have part and they stick with it. They are well written characters, loveable and relatable and realistic. I think the only character that bothers me is Cadence's father, who's story leaves me lacking closure.
I like that although Slate and Cadence have a bit of an instalove connection, they don't just fall into each others arms and have it all be fine and dandy, they are realistic about everything, question their emotions, acknowledging that they don't know each other well enough for anything more than lust. Their relationship is built up, they get to know each other, get to learn each other and how they handle stressful situations. They don't just fall in love because of looks, but because they've learned each other, seen the ugly side of each other and know each other from their shared experiences.
The thing I like the least about this book is the ending. I feel like an entire chapter is missing. I listened to the last few chapters a number of times and I still can't figure out how the ending happened, how it all concluded the way it did, with an epilogue there too! I feel like we needed at least one (1) or two (2) more chapters just to pull everything together, hash it all out, because there are still questions that I didn't get answers to.
I don't know how a second book would go after all this, because it seems most things came together, but I don't understand the ending. There are too many holes in the end for it to be truly satisfying. A second book would seem out of place, what with things mostly having come together, but maybe there'll be a new trial and the team will have to come together and once more fight the good fight, you know. I can imagine it being about the concewuences of everything that's happen. So yeah, maybe a second book would be a good thing as it'd give us more time and space to disect the first book as well as build more on the world with the aftermath of everything.
Yeah, actually, I would like a second book to answer my questions as well as to show us what's happened after the messiness of the book.