A review by vixenreader
Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire by Milton Davis, Sheree R. Thomas

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The variety of the stories is off the charts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Body horror, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Slavery

Minor: Excrement, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

There is also some incidents of sex work in a story or two, as well as the death of a spouse/beloved in a couple of the stories. Revenge is also a big theme in a lot of the stories.