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kimschouwenaar 's review for:
Bloom
by Delilah S. Dawson
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
at its core, Bloom is an intense take on reduce reuse recylce. and in a better world, an untraumatised Ash would be the sustainability cottagecore queen every queer person has secretly wanted at least once.
this book is 75% Ro ignoring every glaringly obvious red flag in Ash so thoroughly that it gave me secondhand embarrassment. even though she would obviously notice them if Ash would have been a man. like Ro, the first 75% I was also waiting for the other shoe to drop. the last 50 pages saved it from a 2-star rating. this should have been better paced.
and why does the cover mention secret romance? besides the many manysecrets boundaries Ash has, there is nothing secret about their romance. it's just that neither woman has any friends to gossip with about their infatuation with another.
that being said, I think dawson brilliantly writes how obsessively Ro loses herself to Ash like she's a drug. it's partially the unhealthy fixation that allows Ro to ignore Ash's toxic personality flaws. and the sapphic romance wasn't unwelcome. go lesbians and bisexuals and late-twenties bi-awakenings!
while a big chunk of the final reveal had been obvious throughout,Ash keeping Ro alive and mutilating her was a wickedly nauseating surprise. in the best way possible. really thought she would eat her. which she kinda did. but instead, she fed Ro her own legs: *chef's kiss* (pun intended). and I am very happy Anon survives.
this book is 75% Ro ignoring every glaringly obvious red flag in Ash so thoroughly that it gave me secondhand embarrassment. even though she would obviously notice them if Ash would have been a man. like Ro, the first 75% I was also waiting for the other shoe to drop. the last 50 pages saved it from a 2-star rating. this should have been better paced.
and why does the cover mention secret romance? besides the many many
that being said, I think dawson brilliantly writes how obsessively Ro loses herself to Ash like she's a drug. it's partially the unhealthy fixation that allows Ro to ignore Ash's toxic personality flaws. and the sapphic romance wasn't unwelcome. go lesbians and bisexuals and late-twenties bi-awakenings!
while a big chunk of the final reveal had been obvious throughout,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Gaslighting