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The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

Characters: getting juiced and eviscerated by space horrors 

Me: nice, nice πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

The Scourge Between Stars drops you into a setting where the situation is already dire: the crew is overworked and overwhelmed, the ship is falling apart, the citizens are hungry and angry, home is lightyears away….and that’s BEFORE people suddenly start getting torn limb from limb. This was a quick and brutal scifi horror novella. It had plenty of violence with a good amount of heart, and was just what I needed. 

I really hope Ness Brown has more books on the way! 
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

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dark tense

3.0

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’” π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’‰π’–π’π’ˆπ’†π’“ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’“π’†π’”π’Šπ’π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’†? π‘·π’†π’“π’”π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’π’• π’•π’‰π’“π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒏𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’π’π’…π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’π’”? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 π’Œπ’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆?

Things I liked:
  • that cover!!!!!
  • the descriptions of Laure losing herself to both ballet and the darkness she sacrificed herself to 
  • Laure’s ruthlessness, unquenchable thirst, and rage
  • The monstrousness of it all

Things I disliked:
  • Laure’s inability/hesitation to call some things and characters what they truly are
  • some of the pacing
  • Laure’s brash decision making like girl let’s think something through for once 
  • the romance? Didn’t see the point 
  • the ending 

That list was a little long but overall, I found this solid! Jamison Shea promised us darkness and delivered. Now I do wish there were some things that were more explained and prioritized in place of some others, as I genuinely feel this would have been fine as a standalone with a few tweaks here or there. Regardless, Laure’s journey was a wild one, and her commitment to tearing at more and of herself for power was something serious. Desperation makes monsters of us all, as they say.
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Devils' Line, 7 by Ryo Hanada

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dark emotional mysterious tense

4.5

Sweet Blood by Shakeda Nene

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1.0

this was poop from a butt 😭
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Devils' Line, Vol. 6 by Ryo Hanada

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dark emotional mysterious

3.75

Devils' Line, Volume 5 by Ryo Hanada

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3.75

Devils' Line, Volume 4 by Ryo Hanada

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adventurous dark emotional

5.0

Devils' Line, Volume 3 by Ryo Hanada

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adventurous dark funny

4.0

i feel like this manga is a sexual allegory for soooo many things lmao. anyway i think this is my favorite volume so far
Devils' Line, Volume 2 by Ryo Hanada

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4.0

obsessed with the way the author is trying to disguise  their bondage kink within the plot but instead of it being a whisper they’re actually screaming…it’s not a secret babe, it’s a billboard in times square. you are NAWT slick!! 🀭🀭 

anyway i’m enjoying this!
Devils' Line, Volume 1 by Ryo Hanada

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dark funny

3.75

when you’re super hot and also horny af but you’re genetically and morally banned from ever bustin a nut... #tragic