Review by savvyrosereads - The Prison Healer

savvyrosereads 's review for:

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Rating: 5/5 stars

Kiva has been imprisoned at Zalindov since she was seven years old…but the arrival of two new inmates will change everything.

I went into this book almost completely blind as part of a buddy read after seeing a friend rave about the series. I was absolutely hooked from the very first page and loved the way that all of this played out. The characters were excellent, the plot was engaging, and the twists were INCREDIBLE…I predicted the core reveals very early on but didn’t see all of the detailed nuances of them and the final couple pages got a BIG gasp from me at 1am.

The vibes here were also so original—I don’t think I’ve ever read a book with a setting/tone/premise quite like this one and I was totally intrigued the entire time. And the set-up for THE GILDED CAGE has me on the edge of my seat…I absolutely cannot WAIT to dive in.

Highly HIGHLY recommend!

CW: Addiction, child abuse, child death, lots of death in general, violence (including sexual violence), self harm, torture, blood/injury, lots of medical content

Content Warnings