A review by zara2148
Meat Eaters by Meredith McClaren

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 I love this take on a revenant that needs to eat flesh and such, it works well with the overall story about how trauma can change your life in ways you didn't want. Ashley is a smart, snarky, likely aroace introvert that I found delightful as a ghoulish protagonist, and there were neat little world building tidbits (heartbeat sound boxes used by vampires to pass as the still living? werewolves snarking that they're not five year olds that lose control with the full moon? unicorns are real?!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

As the cover does suggest, there is some blood and gore in this. Not a lot, certainly not enough I can put it as a selling point but enough that I do feel I need to warn anyone that has that as a trigger. Mostly some animal death imagery but we do see human bodies as well.

There is also a brief liar revealed/third act break that didn't bother me, it was done well, but I know for some those are just hard no-gos.