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Tenderly, I am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone
3.75
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
What a way to start a polycule. I enjoyed the story but the marketing made it really difficult. This book is nothing like what either title, cover, or blurb promise. It's still good, but who the fuck marketed this book? 

(big spoilers ahead)

Until half-way through I was convinced that the god would be one of the love interests but he barely even made an appearance. Instead, Lark starts a polycule with the two siblings? Which was... weird but she kept the two relationships separate and everyone was aware of it so I guess it's fine? Maybe I've just seen too much for this to faze me. Once I realised that literally every aspect of the marketing had lied to me, I enjoyed the ride. The writing was solid but at points too purple for me (which means smth since I'd die for poetic prose but a lot of the metaphors were just unnecessarily edgy). I love the titel but there was NO DEVOURING! NONE! WHY IS THAT THE TITLE???? WHERE'S THE DEVOURING??? Also what is this (beautiful) cover supposed to depict?? Either I blacked out or there truly were neither statues nor roses in this book and I CANNOT figure out for the life of me if the man is supposed to be the god (as I thought), who doesn't really appear, or the guy she gets together with, and then where is his sister who Lark has a far closer relationship with?? I'm so confused. There's an alternative cover to this that is even more confusing but anyway, this is all the publisher fucking up, not the author.


Lark's brothers were adorable though. I'd die for them. (Major spoiler)
But honestly, does the author have a thing for incest? Because first Lark has sex with BOTH siblings within a few hours and then she finds out that her BROTHERS are actually her parents bc they did a ritual and she was BIRTHED OUT OF THEIR MINGLED BLOOD (and sea foam I guess but still).
If I had a nickel for each time there was almost-incest in this book, I'd have two and that's TOO MANY NICKELS
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