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jencity2 's review for:
This Ravenous Fate
by Hayley Dennings
dark
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i think this book was my LAST STRAWWW against author’s promoting their wannabe tropy book on twitter and booktok! i’m tired! will i stop reading them? certainly not! why? obviously, i like being a masochist! 🥹
no, really, i should stop falling for the premises.
black lesbians who hate each other? i was in. vampires? you almost sold me. all happening during the roaring 20s? i was YOURS.
like— it was the perfect representation i needed.
frankly, i don't think this book was really rewritten or corrected between the time it was signed and the time it was published. i have the frank impression that the agent and publishers saw the book's potential (booktok and your trope agenda if i catch u—) and overlooked the amateur aspect: the author writes pretty well, the ideas were pretty good for a debut . . . but the author should have been given time to FINE EVERYTHING. i’m pretty sure that’s because y’all wanted to keep up the hype around the book (again, thanks tiktok and its algorithm because i fell for it!). but honestly, publishers: what the hell have you been doing?
whatever.
honorable mention to the grey cat and cutie josephine, the only characters i truly appreciated, lol. the rest of the side characters? forgettable. the MCs? meh, why not even if their banter quickly got annoying: very repetitive, a snake always bitting its own tail. i liked layla more, i think.
whatever.
i don’t know what else to say. i think this book will be enjoyable for young readers that overlook details and just focus on the dangerous-flirty/stick-in-the-ass type of enemies-to-lovers.
my final note will be 3.25/5. no more, no less.
no, really, i should stop falling for the premises.
black lesbians who hate each other? i was in. vampires? you almost sold me. all happening during the roaring 20s? i was YOURS.
like— it was the perfect representation i needed.
frankly, i don't think this book was really rewritten or corrected between the time it was signed and the time it was published. i have the frank impression that the agent and publishers saw the book's potential (booktok and your trope agenda if i catch u—) and overlooked the amateur aspect: the author writes pretty well, the ideas were pretty good for a debut . . . but the author should have been given time to FINE EVERYTHING. i’m pretty sure that’s because y’all wanted to keep up the hype around the book (again, thanks tiktok and its algorithm because i fell for it!). but honestly, publishers: what the hell have you been doing?
whatever.
honorable mention to the grey cat and cutie josephine, the only characters i truly appreciated, lol. the rest of the side characters? forgettable. the MCs? meh, why not even if their banter quickly got annoying: very repetitive, a snake always bitting its own tail. i liked layla more, i think.
whatever.
i don’t know what else to say. i think this book will be enjoyable for young readers that overlook details and just focus on the dangerous-flirty/stick-in-the-ass type of enemies-to-lovers.
my final note will be 3.25/5. no more, no less.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail