Karolina

This was... an experience.

Aw this was so sweet, lighthearted and fun.

I could kiss Johanna’s brain, truly. She managed to blend tenderness and the macabre beautifully and in just the perfect amount of each. This is the second book of hers I read and I can confidently say that the way she writes speaks to my soul.

Spoilers from this point on, so please be aware:

I grew up catholic so the fascination religious people have with corpses has always intrigued me and I was glad the author made it a part of this book.

The fact that only Satan heard and responded to Elsebeth pleas and that even after all the suffering and death Ursula still didn’t waver in her belief just sums up how pointless any religious belief ends up being. You’re just reinforcing your own biases.

I did enjoy the sorority between the female characters, within what was possible in such dire setting.

Also, Otto’s first encounter with the necromancer was incredibly chilling and gave me goosebumps.

The double meaning of spoiled, 😙👌

The school acting as a 'closet' and Emily and Evelyn finally escaping 😙👌

The group as whole was so likeable.

All in all a good gothic story.

It's basically a copycat of God of Fury but I ate it up

It reminded me of C. S. Poe's Memento Mori series but with wolves.

It was cute 🩷

Don't know which one was first but this has a very similar plot to The Favor by Suzanne Wright.

It was alright, but I can't with describing her parts as "her folds" 🤢

I really wanted to like this book. I've heard so many wonderful things about it, but it just didn't click with me.

It made the transition from adolescence to adulthood look like waking up from a fairy tale, which I agree. However, the structure and prose was boring and I couldn't grasp the "grandiosity" of Meaulnes. Everything was so boring that Meaulnes looked exciting by default.

A fever dream in purgatory. I really like

Mexicans' familiarity with death.

Their earlier conversations were pretty moronic tbh.