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adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First and foremost, thank you Lizzy for sending me this ARC....and even sending it a little earlier so my ADHD self could read it and review it before its publishing date lol
I have always had a love for paranormal romances, dark romances, as well as paranormal erotica. How to Marry a Lich covers all of those!!! While there is more than plenty of smut to keep us smutty good girls happy, there is also an exciting adventurous whirl wind of a plot that kept me on my toes worried about the intentions of every character as well ad worried about their safety as well. Every conversation had with Dahlia and Sebastian had me wondering who was going to help them and who had ill intent towards them. And when I thought I had the ending figured out...another twist.
The story, the main characters and the entire staff of lost things are so loveable and so wholesome. The curvy brat in me appreciates the body positivity and consent heavy inclusion of kink done right. There is nothing negative romanticized in this that shouldnt be. The love they have for each other is truly touching. I was bawling the last few chapters and so proud of everyone in here.
There are monsters and creatures of every sort, large gothic dresses and exotic gardens and inclusion of all mythical lores. The amount of inclusion in this book is so nice. This book had me gasping out loud, reading wide eyed with my jaw to the floor, had me laughing, smirking, and yelling cheers and support... so exhausting in the best way possible.
Thank you so much for this adventure Lizzy!!!
I can not wait for my next Lizzy Strong adventure!!!
I have always had a love for paranormal romances, dark romances, as well as paranormal erotica. How to Marry a Lich covers all of those!!! While there is more than plenty of smut to keep us smutty good girls happy, there is also an exciting adventurous whirl wind of a plot that kept me on my toes worried about the intentions of every character as well ad worried about their safety as well. Every conversation had with Dahlia and Sebastian had me wondering who was going to help them and who had ill intent towards them. And when I thought I had the ending figured out...another twist.
The story, the main characters and the entire staff of lost things are so loveable and so wholesome. The curvy brat in me appreciates the body positivity and consent heavy inclusion of kink done right. There is nothing negative romanticized in this that shouldnt be. The love they have for each other is truly touching. I was bawling the last few chapters and so proud of everyone in here.
There are monsters and creatures of every sort, large gothic dresses and exotic gardens and inclusion of all mythical lores. The amount of inclusion in this book is so nice. This book had me gasping out loud, reading wide eyed with my jaw to the floor, had me laughing, smirking, and yelling cheers and support... so exhausting in the best way possible.
Thank you so much for this adventure Lizzy!!!
I can not wait for my next Lizzy Strong adventure!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Thank you again Lizzy for allowing me to be a part of your ARC team!
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book, much like Edgar Allen Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, is a very very slow burn, and even once it picks up, it isn't extravagantly fast paced. It is a gothic horror so it just keeps the mystery going and leaves you underwhelmed. This is not writing for me but for those who like slow mysterious gothic horrors then it is perfect!
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wish someone would have posted a spoiler review. So imma do it for the next person who gets to a point where you find the story redundant and sounding like it was written by a middle schooler writing an essay but trying to be "edgy" to shock his teacher.
I would like to preface this by saying I am NOT a novice to splatterpunk or extreme horror. Nothing about this book gave me the ick or made me want to stop reading because it was "too extreme" or because im "PC". Wrath James White, Aron Beauregard, Kristopher Triana, CM Guidroz and CJ Leede are amongst my favorite authors of all time. So this review is not coming from a misunderstanding of the genre.
With that said:
Dicky's name is Chuck. Chuck's son Jason and two of his friends attack a guy and a girl in the woods, kills the girl and leaves the guy stuck to a tree with a knife. Chuck is the sheriff and helps his son Jason and Jason's two friends get rid of evidence and made up alibi so they wouldnt get caught for what they did. The guy.... was Seth. The last two stories Seth tells using nicknames are Jason and his two friends. Seth's torture for Chuck is to remain locked in the cell in front of where his son and his friends are being tortured and watch his son be tortured.
After you find this out, a cop knocks at the door and comes in to talk to Seth and Seth recognizes the cop as the person who killed his parents in a car accident and he attacks the cop taking him down to the torture chamber ...queue Book 2: Angel of Death.
Youre welcome.
If you are wondering what this dude does for a living to have all this medical knowledge and equipment and mechanical knowledge and seemingly endless money... he was in contruction, then started in a cabinet shop, then opened his own wood shop. And apparently we are supposed to believe he has the money for all this stuff.
Garrett writes essentially the same story over and over and over in this book. Its entirely too repetitive, and there is NOTHING in his writing that gives good imagery to immerse you in the story or to feel like youre watching the scenes unfold. There is no sense of dread after the first two stories Seth tells because its all the same. When I first started this book I was so excited... it was extreme and it was gory. Then just was on repeat. Every prisoner calls him a sick f*** and threatens to kill him and tells him he wont get away with it. They all somehow speak clearly even with their tongues stretched, hooked, or nailed.
Seth has unlimited knowledge and skills and money apparently since he can rig cars to be remote, devices to stall cars, machines that keep patients in comas and moving during it, afford torture contraptions, keep many people barely alive, has access to medical drugs and equipment, tattoo intricate tattoos on victims, and despite unsanitary conditions of the surrounding...implements sanitation on tools and victims??
So many holes in this story. I tried to find a spoiler online and couldnt find one so i was forced to read the whole book. So now im leaving this review to save anyone like me who finds it boring and repetitive.
I would like to preface this by saying I am NOT a novice to splatterpunk or extreme horror. Nothing about this book gave me the ick or made me want to stop reading because it was "too extreme" or because im "PC". Wrath James White, Aron Beauregard, Kristopher Triana, CM Guidroz and CJ Leede are amongst my favorite authors of all time. So this review is not coming from a misunderstanding of the genre.
With that said:
Dicky's name is Chuck. Chuck's son Jason and two of his friends attack a guy and a girl in the woods, kills the girl and leaves the guy stuck to a tree with a knife. Chuck is the sheriff and helps his son Jason and Jason's two friends get rid of evidence and made up alibi so they wouldnt get caught for what they did. The guy.... was Seth. The last two stories Seth tells using nicknames are Jason and his two friends. Seth's torture for Chuck is to remain locked in the cell in front of where his son and his friends are being tortured and watch his son be tortured.
After you find this out, a cop knocks at the door and comes in to talk to Seth and Seth recognizes the cop as the person who killed his parents in a car accident and he attacks the cop taking him down to the torture chamber ...queue Book 2: Angel of Death.
Youre welcome.
If you are wondering what this dude does for a living to have all this medical knowledge and equipment and mechanical knowledge and seemingly endless money... he was in contruction, then started in a cabinet shop, then opened his own wood shop. And apparently we are supposed to believe he has the money for all this stuff.
Garrett writes essentially the same story over and over and over in this book. Its entirely too repetitive, and there is NOTHING in his writing that gives good imagery to immerse you in the story or to feel like youre watching the scenes unfold. There is no sense of dread after the first two stories Seth tells because its all the same. When I first started this book I was so excited... it was extreme and it was gory. Then just was on repeat. Every prisoner calls him a sick f*** and threatens to kill him and tells him he wont get away with it. They all somehow speak clearly even with their tongues stretched, hooked, or nailed.
Seth has unlimited knowledge and skills and money apparently since he can rig cars to be remote, devices to stall cars, machines that keep patients in comas and moving during it, afford torture contraptions, keep many people barely alive, has access to medical drugs and equipment, tattoo intricate tattoos on victims, and despite unsanitary conditions of the surrounding...implements sanitation on tools and victims??
So many holes in this story. I tried to find a spoiler online and couldnt find one so i was forced to read the whole book. So now im leaving this review to save anyone like me who finds it boring and repetitive.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
At first I was like "oh, this is gonna be a cool story" because the concept was great. Then I started reading. I was indifferent to the dog scene, was in a WTF ick at the Samantha scene and then once the gas station scene started the rest of the book was 100% pointless. Like...why... other than to just write vulgarity... why? I understand its extreme horror/splatterpunk and I am a seasoned vet to this genre but based on this book and what i have heard of this authors other book...theres a LOT of child S.A. And C.P. .....since the author is a part of the LGBTQIA community I know that he doesnt have a secret desire to S.A a woman but the amount of focus he puts on the child part of that ....um.. very questionable on whether he has some secret desires for children and it gives me the ick. I will NOT be reading anything more by this author and after watching some YT videos he made I cant even respect him as a human let alone a splatterpunk author. I categorize him and his writting in with Matt Shaw.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love the Dresden Files series. And I always do the audio because James Marsters does a phenomenal performance each and every time. These books are always filled with a lot of action and a lot of sarcasm and this book has a dinosaur!!! How could i not love it ?
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is such a good story. So unhinged and perfectly sad. Its the animals inside every one of us and the grief we all deal with in so many different ways.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This story had me getting anxiety in all the best ways!!! Definitely the epitome of wrong place at the wrong time or maybe even right place at the right time to learn just how messed up you are in the face of extreme stress and violence. I thoroughly enjiyed this story and look forward to other stories by this author. This was the most violent episode of Jerry Springer and it was great!!!
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Tell me you're a part of corporate America without SAYING you're a part of corporate America 🤣🤣🤣 I am a little iffy on the cause of the toys coming to life but over all this is a super cute story! Definitely makes me glad my kids are too old for the revival of Furbies (Ferbies?) lol I was entertained with this short story. I guess now I need to go backwards and read the other Scurry Furry story lol Thank you E. Reyes for the opportunity to read your story!
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Wow! What a life to have lived! What a career! The marks this woman has already made in this world and the marks she will continue to leave and the sadness that will come when she leaves this world....not only is she a bright light of hope showing how people can succeed with mental illness but she bears her all in telling of her ups and downs and taking accountability for the things she has done in her life and lets everyone know that they are not alone and having mental illness does not make you less of a person. And the way she reflects about the many talents she has worked with and known is just beautiful. This is truly a masterpiece. It was an honor to have had this story shared with me and being allowed in to be able to see the struggles of black Americans then and now. Thank you Ms. Lewis for sharing your story!
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ok, so it started off really slow while it built up the characters. I absolutely hated Pierce through the first half of the book. I almost DNFd it but I am so glad I stuck with it and kept going. The build up from all of the edging as spicy time almost happens but doesnt and then when spicy does hit ...oh boy does it hit hard (pun intended) ... I think I held my breath the last 20% of the book and ...is this room hot? ... but Dakota Wilde we are on a friend time out for the cliffhanger ... on to book 2 as I pretend its against my will but really Im excited to see what happens going forward.