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msalexnicole's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Note this is a dark fantasy romance, so characters are not prince and princess charming. They take time to warm up to and are morally grey (mmc is). Check content warnings!
Expect:
- enemies to lovers
- captive/captor
- games
- great banter
- fast paced
- great tension
- slowww burn
Overall 4.5 ⭐️
Spice 1/5 🔥 her books seem to start slow but then ultra ramp up in the next books.
Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
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
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
gabby_reads3232's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, Stalking, 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
queergoth_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
One thing that I did find kind of annoying was that the main character is supposed to be British but occasionally would use phrases and terms that wouldn't be used here and I found that quite jarring.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Animal death
bookish_dinkleberg's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
parfwen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Rape
strawberrymoonceci'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
1.25
It actually had a promising start, I think I would have liked this book a lot more had it just been about her living in her cabin, being the only witch in town.
The guy was an actual monster,
I don't understand how I was supposed to like it. All in all it was hot garbage, but at least I wasn't terribly bored. A few more things. It was supposed to be spicy, but they don't even home run, actually, they don't even 3rd base. Also, she cried a lot, not enough in my opinion, honestly, but he would always be like: why are you crying?! Seriously...
Also, she was always mentioning how much taller than her he was, first she said he was two feet taller than her, then she said he was three times her size, then she said he was four times her size! Then she went back to three. I mean, consistency, also, sounds like she is a child. Ew.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Infertility
sailormood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment