A review by natalie1227
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

For my first horror dark book this was a great start. I got very frustrated with the main character and her relationships. The ending was great but it was definitely a slow burn in the beginning. Once Marlinchen started to enter the outside world her character developed and you started to want it to have a good ending. I liked how the author's spicy bits were written in almost a different style when it was with one character vs. a different character .
I wanted to scream when we find out the dad was eating people because no duh he was eating people he is an abusive asshole. It also took the entire book for her to realize her family never loved her and were extremely toxic.

 I loved the narrator's voice and they made it very pleasurable to listen to. I am also reading another book by the same author and I am enjoying it more so I might just not be a horror fan. 
Overall it was an ok experience and will definitely be reading more Ava Reid books. 
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