A review by bookishcookiemonster
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I went in to the book without knowing anything about the story and it was not at all what I expected. A lot darker than I was expecting. 

This book was reccomend to me as a Sapphic Vampire horror novel but its very much a Bisexual Vampire horror novels. There are sapphic moments in the story, but all characters are bisexual 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

this story is about an abusive polygamous marriage from the perspective of one of the abused wives. The abuse is not physical until the end. But the psychological torture the characters endure could be potentially triggering for some