A review by mermaidmommy19
Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows

4.5

I really enjoyed this. The MC has some pretty unbearable insecurities, but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to be annoyed by those as the book often reflects back on her childhood for why she feels those ways. It had me hooked and I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Medical content, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Confinement, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death