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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ rotted roses for Glow by Raven Kennedy
โ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.โ
๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐:
Plot: 5
Pacing: 5
Writing: 5
Language: 5
Characters: 5
World building: 5
Romance: 5
Spice: 5
Iโm gonna begin this review quoting a message I sent to the group I was buddy reading this book with: โNo wonder the smut was that good. She was buttering us up for the SLAUGHTER.โ
I read this book with some really cool local bookstagrammers, some of whom were doing a reread in anticipation of Gold being released TODAY (which we will also be buddy reading from today. If you wanna join dm @_tessthebookworm4_ )
I have no words except, wow this was a really good book. I never got bored, I never predicted what was gonna happen next, I loved it all, I felt it all. From moment one we pick up where Gleam ended and your heart is in tatters from the start. This was such an amazing start to a long healing journey for Auren and Slade.
Raven Kennedy is the queen of personification and also the queen of not pulling her punches. The trauma, the abuse, the hate but also the love, the lust, the friendships are all so real and so true.
The book starts with the healing but things never stay calm in a series like this and eventually the characters are on the move having to put out fires.
Definitely read the trigger warnings before jumping into this series, but just know that if you do read this you will absolutely be blown away.
โ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.โ
๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐:
Plot: 5
Pacing: 5
Writing: 5
Language: 5
Characters: 5
World building: 5
Romance: 5
Spice: 5
Iโm gonna begin this review quoting a message I sent to the group I was buddy reading this book with: โNo wonder the smut was that good. She was buttering us up for the SLAUGHTER.โ
I read this book with some really cool local bookstagrammers, some of whom were doing a reread in anticipation of Gold being released TODAY (which we will also be buddy reading from today. If you wanna join dm @_tessthebookworm4_ )
I have no words except, wow this was a really good book. I never got bored, I never predicted what was gonna happen next, I loved it all, I felt it all. From moment one we pick up where Gleam ended and your heart is in tatters from the start. This was such an amazing start to a long healing journey for Auren and Slade.
Raven Kennedy is the queen of personification and also the queen of not pulling her punches. The trauma, the abuse, the hate but also the love, the lust, the friendships are all so real and so true.
The book starts with the healing but things never stay calm in a series like this and eventually the characters are on the move having to put out fires.
Definitely read the trigger warnings before jumping into this series, but just know that if you do read this you will absolutely be blown away.