miranda_luvsbks56 's review for:

Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

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Aren’t books usually both plot & character driven well the kind I read usually are. With all the different triggers in this she wrote this very well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Weaver does not talk about in detail about the professor rapping many girls. This is mentioned several times but doesn’t go into it further. Same with suicidal thoughts Auntie Ethel talks about lolling herself so the Phantom can’t kill her.