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bellebookcorner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It certainly gives off the Caraval vibes - enchanting, alluring and yet it has dark secrets underneath it.
I absolutely love the strong sister bond between Zosa and Jani.
The interesting characters inside the hotel kept me interested with their background story revealed little by little as the story goes.
I also love the blooming slow burn sweet romance between Jani and Bel!
I love the mysterious Bel, he's very swoon worthy! It made me wish there's his POV in this story.
The ending was a bit too rushed in my opinion but otherwise, it was all a happy ending for all the characters.
Overall, it's an enchanting debut novel with easy to read writing style that will hooked you right into the plot to explore this magical mysterious hotel!
I'll definitely check out other books by this author in the future!
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Blood
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
caradowson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content and Blood
katvou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
spookily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Diverse characters: "It's complicated" because the author has a weird obsession with showing off how many colors she can list for skin tones. Every single unnamed side character is described by some inane set of words like "the copper-skinned boy," "mocha" "olive" "porcelain" etc. etc.. It essentially feels like she is just filling the room with as many "diverse" looking characters as possible without having to put in the work to incorporate an actual sense of diversity into the story.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Gaslighting
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism
brokentoes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Sexual content
tanisha_112's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing and Sexual content