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knockoffrainbow's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Vomit
Minor: Grief, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death
amber_lyn's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Please read the trigger warning before picking this read up. The author does provide a list at the beginning of the book.
Mayhem and her mom’s relationship is complicated and at the heart of the story. There’s generational trauma, beachside murders, and some fantastical mystery mixed in.
Mayhem and her mom’s relationship is complicated and at the heart of the story. There’s generational trauma, beachside murders, and some fantastical mystery mixed in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse
Moderate: Murder and Rape
heathershectichideaway's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.75
This book was absolutely insane! I never thought that I would be so into a book this short and I had no idea what the book was about from the beginning. If you like thrillers where there is a child involved this is it! Trigger warning for: sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, drug, and alcohol abuse though!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
effy's review
3.0
Content warnings for this book: suicide (not depicted), drug use, domestic abuse, sexual assault, kidnapping, murder, child abuse
When Mayhem's stepfather goes too far one night, Mayhem Brayburn and her mother, Roxy, flee to the ancestral Brayburn home in Santa Maria where Roxy's twin sister, Elle, and foster children are living. Through Elle's children, Mayhem is introduced to a source of power which is her inheritance as a Brayburn woman. Suddenly not only is Mayhem angry but she is more powerful than she could ever imagine.
This was a very middle of the road book to me. The story was okay (there were some choices I didn't agree with) and the writing was beautiful but there was just way too much going on in the story. There were flashbacks, a kidnapper, the impending threat of Mayhem's stepfather, a romance, and a story involving Elle's children.
There are so infinitely quotable moments to this book, particularly this one:
"You're a plague and a pestilence, and the way you carry your manliness like it's a permission slip from God to act like"you rule everything and everyone in your path, like you can do whatever you want-- well, I think the guillotine is a good option. I'd love to watch your head roll across the grass."
When Mayhem's stepfather goes too far one night, Mayhem Brayburn and her mother, Roxy, flee to the ancestral Brayburn home in Santa Maria where Roxy's twin sister, Elle, and foster children are living. Through Elle's children, Mayhem is introduced to a source of power which is her inheritance as a Brayburn woman. Suddenly not only is Mayhem angry but she is more powerful than she could ever imagine.
This was a very middle of the road book to me. The story was okay (there were some choices I didn't agree with) and the writing was beautiful but there was just way too much going on in the story. There were flashbacks, a kidnapper, the impending threat of Mayhem's stepfather, a romance, and a story involving Elle's children.
There are so infinitely quotable moments to this book, particularly this one:
"You're a plague and a pestilence, and the way you carry your manliness like it's a permission slip from God to act like"you rule everything and everyone in your path, like you can do whatever you want-- well, I think the guillotine is a good option. I'd love to watch your head roll across the grass."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, and Death
Minor: Suicide
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