A review by deannareadsandsleeps
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

dark tense

3.0

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’” π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’‰π’–π’π’ˆπ’†π’“ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’“π’†π’”π’Šπ’π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’†? π‘·π’†π’“π’”π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’π’• π’•π’‰π’“π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒏𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’π’π’…π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’π’”? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 π’Œπ’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆?

Things I liked:
  • that cover!!!!!
  • the descriptions of Laure losing herself to both ballet and the darkness she sacrificed herself to 
  • Laure’s ruthlessness, unquenchable thirst, and rage
  • The monstrousness of it all

Things I disliked:
  • Laure’s inability/hesitation to call some things and characters what they truly are
  • some of the pacing
  • Laure’s brash decision making like girl let’s think something through for once 
  • the romance? Didn’t see the point 
  • the ending 

That list was a little long but overall, I found this solid! Jamison Shea promised us darkness and delivered. Now I do wish there were some things that were more explained and prioritized in place of some others, as I genuinely feel this would have been fine as a standalone with a few tweaks here or there. Regardless, Laure’s journey was a wild one, and her commitment to tearing at more and of herself for power was something serious. Desperation makes monsters of us all, as they say.
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