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The Haunting of Priscilla Laviolette by Alexis Richoux
dark
emotional
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
5.0
I mean…I wrote it, so I think it’s great. 10/10 would recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, and Vomit
Minor: Drug use, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
5.0
Okay. I typically don’t review like...anything, but oh my god. That’s all I can say. I listened to the audiobook bc I’m far too busy to actually sit down with the book and the narrators were so entertaining. The characters and their development were so well written and so funny and lovely that I just want to read this book again and again and again. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend it. I can’t believe I have to wait until next year to get more of Lou & Reid and their cast of characters.
The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
4.0
~Full review on my blog at littlelionlibrary.wordpress.com~
“Being true to yourself, even if it makes everyone hate you, even if it makes people want to kill you, is the most radical form of liberty, and when you make contact with something as electric and terrifying as the unadorned truth of yourself, it burns away so many other smaller forms of bondage that you weren’t even aware of, so you find yourself irradiated and unencumbered.”
I give this book it’s well-deserved 4 out of 5 stars. Points are docked due to the fact that I genuinely found it hard to focus at times but I loved this book. It is real, it is emotional, it is raw, and ugly, and beautiful, all at the same time. The book, at it’s core, is about how fear changes you. Thorpe is an absolute genius writer and the way the characters feel so real and tangible is a talent all on it’s own. This book is one that will stick with me long after I’ve moved on to other books, other stories, other worlds, and I will hold Michael and Bunny in my heart until my dying day.
“Being true to yourself, even if it makes everyone hate you, even if it makes people want to kill you, is the most radical form of liberty, and when you make contact with something as electric and terrifying as the unadorned truth of yourself, it burns away so many other smaller forms of bondage that you weren’t even aware of, so you find yourself irradiated and unencumbered.”
I give this book it’s well-deserved 4 out of 5 stars. Points are docked due to the fact that I genuinely found it hard to focus at times but I loved this book. It is real, it is emotional, it is raw, and ugly, and beautiful, all at the same time. The book, at it’s core, is about how fear changes you. Thorpe is an absolute genius writer and the way the characters feel so real and tangible is a talent all on it’s own. This book is one that will stick with me long after I’ve moved on to other books, other stories, other worlds, and I will hold Michael and Bunny in my heart until my dying day.