Review by honeyhale - Will It Hurt?

honeyhale 's review for:

Will It Hurt? by Lily X

5.0

emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am that I joined in for Lily’s kickstarter. I just wish I had read this as soon as I got it. Because oh my goodness, this was so incredibly good!!

Lily’s writing style, at least for this, was so incredibly perfect for me. I can’t say for her past books because I haven’t read them…yet. And that’s a hard yet because I need more! I’m going to be a nerd for two seconds. The format of how this book was published, was exactly what I needed. I don’t know why I’m so in love with it. Maybe because it was different? But my god, I’ll nerd out forever about it. And the little pictures throughout!!! As someone who has a hard time picturing things in books, this was nice. And they weren’t even like, things I needed an image for. But it was a nice break of trying to imagine what a building looks like. More books should do this.

Okay, enough rambling. Anyway, I absolutely loved Aisla & Jinn. I loved their dynamic so much. Both incredibly headstrong. But knows when to be soft and caring when they need to. And the tension between them, muah, chef's kiss. It was so amazing to see a strong South Asian main character. Good lord, Aisla was so strong. Especially with what she faced. More than she even knew. Shadow mommy Jinn, god she was something else. Definitely makes me want to read more shadow mommies hehe. Also, makes me want to read nothing but sapphic vampire books!

Even though they were a little frustrating, I loved Aisla's siblings. I'm really interesting about finding more about Maia. Can't wait to find out what Lily has in store for her. She seems like she could be a little trouble maker. And I hope we can also learn more about Brodie and I hope they fight back with the High Coven's misogyny.

Grief was dealt very well in my honest opinion. What it's like losing someone very important to you. Trying to get on with day to day life. Wanting nothing more than to bring them back.

I think the only negative thing I could come up with that I didn't like about this book...was that it wasn't more. Lol. Honestly, I could have probably read 1000 pages of Aisla & Jinn. And I don't say that lightly. Because I've never read a book that large. So that tells you how much I loved this book. But at least...we're coming back to this world in the future! So I'll take what I can get!

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