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

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? It's complicated

4.25

I loved this story all the way through. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me follows the story of Laure, a ballerina in Paris, as she sacrifices herself to the ballet and an eldritch god and slowly becomes a monster.

*SPOILERS*

The things I liked
  • Great prose
  • Absolutely feral main character
  • Lots of great elements that kept me intrigued
  • Very good attention to detail, I could visualize the story unfold in my head very vividly 

Things I didn’t like
  • The pacing was a bit rough in some areas but not unbearable.
  • I found it weird how some details are brought up and never addressed again. For ex, it’s mentioned that Laure had talked to the police after finding Joséphine yet this is never brought up again although it seems important
  • I also feel like Joséphine died too early and I think she could have been utilized a little longer. It felt like she was set up to play a bigger role imo

Overall an awesome debut. I did enjoy reading very much and I will definitely read the sequel !
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