A review by jendenhart
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

2.5

-tw animal violence
-sapphic southern gothic horror romance. “cottagecore horror” for some of you
-absolutely saw the twists coming
-closed door sex scenes still had me going lmaoooo
-such pretentious writing. listen. i love a good use of some big ol college words, but these felt forced and overwritten. what comes to mind is that part of Say Anything’s Admit It! - “Forever competing for that one moment of self-aggrandizing glory” lmao
-it was a novella, but it felt like it took years to get to the horror part
-i did enjoy them falling? for each other. a sapphic romance tends to lean more emotional and sweet
-the horror part was GOOD. i loved it.
-the villain monolguing seems to be a gripe for a lot of people, but i actually enjoyed it
-the only feminist message here was, “women can be serial killers too” which ok yeah sure

it's a short, quick read so idk maybe read it yourself bc maybe the vibes were just off for me. stunning cover art tho 🤗