JE May'24 "Brow-wrinkling" [26]

 Blood and Moonlight by Erin Beaty

                                              

The book hit all the typical plot beats for romance and mystery, but then tacked on a load of magic. I'm still trying to decide if it worked or not. The strength was Beaty's portrayal of people with mental illness, but everything else was kind of predictable or jarringly complex.

Followed by Silence and Shadow

Warning: violence, referenced sexual assault, (present tense)