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januaryt123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
tlskayte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Rape
caseymac's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Gore and Sexual content
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Torture, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War
nunudeen's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Gore
marajay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Infertility, Torture, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Infertility and War
Few scenes are tense but nothing unbearable. Child/suicide spoiler-yomaddjesty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Infertility, Self harm, Torture, Suicide attempt, and War
spines's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
my heart was in my throat for the whole last chapter. my heart was pounding while reading the whole book.
most fantasy enemies to lovers books do one of two things: enemy does bad things with good intentions, or out of misunderstandings, or is in some way cursed or forced to be bad, or enemy falls in insta-love and suddenly regrets everything he's done as he develops empathy.
this one does neither. Valroy does bad things because he has to but also because he wants to. there is a twinge of pity and empathy in the fact that he was created for the purpose of cruelty, that it's all he's ever known, but he revels in it and does not wish to stop and this is unacceptable to Abigail. He doesn't even seem to understand why she finds him so abhorrent which makes it even harder to untangle her feelings for him.
Abigail is a perfect character. From first meeting she is downtrodden but warm-hearted, not in a Pollyanna cheerful way but just someone with a deep sense of empathy and justice. She's scrappy and insightful but she doesn't have the power to actually win her battles. The war between her lust and loathing for Valroys is much more palpable and realistic than other fantasy e2l protags and I adored everything she did.
The setting is lush and intricately woven, the side characters are vibrant and lovable, the writing style had me desperately flipping to the next chapter, and I'm writing this as fast as I can so I can get to the sequel. Fucking stellar.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Infertility
peeshy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Sexual harassment
sabinehunter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
cosyqueer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, and Vomit
Minor: Body horror and Rape