A review by khillz
A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely an entertaining read, and worthwhile. The writing is good, though sometimes falls into overused phrases. A couple places where there are uses of concepts/words that feel disjoint with the world, but it's not awful.

Class struggle wrapped up in an interesting magic system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism