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Blood Feast by Vela Roth
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Representation: Biracial Heroine, Gay supporting characters, Trans side character, POC side characters, Achillean side relationship, Lesbian side character

Safety Rating: Safe

• No cheating
• No OM/OW drama
• Does have both MCs pushing each other away
Both Lio and Cassia are working through a lot of past trauma, which manifests in their (not) coping with events in this book. But this is addressed and resolved in this book, so dw!
• No separation


Possible Triggers: Yes

• Blood-drinking
• Knife violence
• Murder
• Attempted murder
• Genocide
• Arson
• War themes
• Biogtry (challenged)


Ending:
HFN for the couple but cliffhanger for the plot.