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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Vomit
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, and Slavery
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I found this difficult to get into for some reason. I thought the premise was interesting but I didn't like the execution. I was bored for a lot of the book, and thought the plot was slow and repetitive. The characters motivations are stated over and over to the point where it saturates the narrative.
I found numerous errors in the book, typos and others things like missing quotation marks or commas which made the text difficult to understand. I was often taken out of the story by a typo or a strange sounding sentence. These are simple mistakes that another read over would correct.
However, I did enjoy the magic system, the gristly side of witchcraft, and I enjoyed the small Appalachian town setting, something I haven't read a lot of before.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Grief
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood
Minor: Vomit
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Kidnapping
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It had a slow start but started picking up at the 25% mark. There was a big plot twist that I did not see coming around 2/3 of the way through. Overall a good story that I really enjoyed, fun characters and strong plot. I found the narrative a little repetitive at times; there are multiple chapters where the main character imagines different endings to a scenario and they all started with the same paragraph, I found myself growing bored of them after a while.
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Car accident
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is my first delve into dark romance and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were a few scenes where I felt a bit ill but I suppose that's typical of the genre. All the characters are terrible people but I found myself connecting to and caring about them.
I really recommend reading the first book before this one as it gives more context to the world and the relationships between characters.
Something to be aware of: heed the content warnings, this story contains graphic gore and sexual content.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, and Cannibalism
Minor: Incest
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Stalking