A review by sunrae_booknook
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

This book came with the trigger warning but it did not let you take a second away from them. It was a very dark and hard read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Torture, War, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Genocide, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gore, and Hate crime