mmontgomery 's review for:

Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Any multiple will tell you that the representation of multiples in fiction is not good. Multiples in horror are particularly bad. It's all "come and play with us, Danny." But Johanna van Veen, herself a triplet, didn't come to play; so, instead of weird twins in this vampire, gothic horror, we get, dare I say, an interesting twin plot. 

The vampire is fun, the men are embarrassing, the sisters are devoted, and the setting is mad spooky. I read this in a day, practically a single sitting.

I'm an identical twin and I endorse this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault