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A review by tellasdantes
Raising Hell by Bryony Pearce
4.0
"It's nothing personal, but you're going back to hell."
Zombies, hellhounds, magic, enemies to lovers, a girl with a machete and a talking cat. What more could you want in a funny, ya fantasy short novel?
Ivy Mann is a likeable protagonist straight from the beginning of Raising Hell. She is not perfect, she makes mistakes such as her and friends opening a whole rift as teenagers and now there are hellhounds and zombies roaming around London— but her being a messy protagonist worked and maade her so much more interesting.
What I liked the most about Raising Hell? I liked that the world building of the magic system was easy enough to follow along with, that all of the characters were developed as the story went on even just as side characters, but the biggest highlight? Gran.
The enemies to lovers trope of this story did not feel lacking to me either, despite this novel only having 240 pages. I thought it was beautifully written and developed well at the same time as all of this action and gore.
If you like magic, if you like stories that have stuff kicking off right from the first chapter, and if you like the idea of Gran's soul being stuck in a cat and there to give advice and be funny — Raising Hell by Bryony Pearce is the perfect short story for you.
Thank you so much to the publishing team and to Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this delightful short tale of Ivy Mann.
Zombies, hellhounds, magic, enemies to lovers, a girl with a machete and a talking cat. What more could you want in a funny, ya fantasy short novel?
Ivy Mann is a likeable protagonist straight from the beginning of Raising Hell. She is not perfect, she makes mistakes such as her and friends opening a whole rift as teenagers and now there are hellhounds and zombies roaming around London— but her being a messy protagonist worked and maade her so much more interesting.
What I liked the most about Raising Hell? I liked that the world building of the magic system was easy enough to follow along with, that all of the characters were developed as the story went on even just as side characters, but the biggest highlight? Gran.
The enemies to lovers trope of this story did not feel lacking to me either, despite this novel only having 240 pages. I thought it was beautifully written and developed well at the same time as all of this action and gore.
If you like magic, if you like stories that have stuff kicking off right from the first chapter, and if you like the idea of Gran's soul being stuck in a cat and there to give advice and be funny — Raising Hell by Bryony Pearce is the perfect short story for you.
Thank you so much to the publishing team and to Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this delightful short tale of Ivy Mann.