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louisepea's review
- 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
3.0
Unlike her Folk of the Air series, this is one YA book I think is best suited to teenagers. Especially those who've ever thought about running away from home to become or befriend a vampire.
Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, and Confinement
smuttymcbookface's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
The darkness of the world-building was great, and it was nice that this had a vampire-human romance that did not romanticise vampirism. I loved the "in-between" chapters which gave extra information. The length of them was perfect so that you didn't feel like you were being pulled away from the story.
There was something very compelling and relatable about Tana and Aiden. It was nice to see through the "cool although kid" mask into the real fear of not fitting in and not finding yourself. Although I found it a little annoying that everyone was alt, it did make the world-building more fun.
I liked that Tana wasn't a Mary Sue; she made so many mistakes, and kept going back and forgiving people she really shouldn't have.
I love how the story unravelled, with more and more slowly revealed. However, I did not like the final climax,
I did like the final chapter though.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Self harm
Moderate: Torture and Grief
librarymouse's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity
Minor: Dysphoria and Excrement
creatureof_nature'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: Murder, Blood, and Death of parent
kat42'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? Yes
4.0
Other than that, this was a delight to read. I love the grimy, gritty worlds she creates in her urban fantasy books and the overall atmosphere of the story. I liked the characters, and it would be cool if Black ever revisits this world. I also like how she just casually has queer rep in her books, including this one. One character was bi and one was trans but it wasn't a major part of the story.
Graphic: Death of parent and Blood
batgirl_bethany's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Gore
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide
folkofthebook'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
We all wind up drawn to what we’re afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it.
tana became it so jude could become so much worse.
this was unexpected. dystopian meets gothic horror, with that unique, macabre holly black etherealness.
Every hero is the villain of his own story, wouldn't you say?"
tana wakes up to a party full of dead friends with her ex-boyfriend tied to a bed and a chained-up vampire in the next room.
“You are more dangerous than daybreak.”
a slower-paced standalone with eery imagery of locked-down cities full of vampires and vampire chasers and their gore, with glimpses of a haunting romance.
And if she could go back and do all those crazy, impossible things, then maybe she could be crazy enough to go forward and save herself, too.
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Gore
Minor: Death of parent
vexatiousbird's review
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Gore
Minor: Drug use, Torture, and Suicide
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Classism, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Dysphoria, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Torture, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence
laurenevlyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Torture, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts