Reviews

Voracious by Leigh Rivers

lilimsconde's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

mrsmeadows's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

sejrgorm's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

abbybereading's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

angmaee22's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

laurenwatson's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Darkest book I’ve read. Very depressing

emmada11ow's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

rossi29's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Well... this second book is not for the faint of heart. There are not many bright or happy moments at all. The flashbacks Kade uses to escape the fucked up things happening to him are cute, but also super sad and the flashbacks from Stacey are just traumatic. That being said if you're not a kid person this book might be hard to read. We learned in the first book about Stacey's miscarriage, but in this book, I think it was mentioned in almost EVERY chapter. Which for someone who is not fond of children and will never have children by choice obviously a miscarriage is terribly sad but I just can not wrap my head around why she would want to have another kid after something like that. And it was talked about nonstop how they wanted to try again for a family and I personally was just so tired of hearing about it. It drove me insane and I actually thought about not finishing the book at one point because I was like if this is foreshadowing that they have a kid later on I'm gonna be pissed. Aside from the kid stuff I did like this book, it was pretty depressing but I think it was in order to hopefully set us up for HEA :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Rape and Suicide attempt

underbothereader's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

marshaw's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5