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Violence
A lot
Reviewers describe significant gore, with characters moving through a violent underworld; content warnings include gore and death/grief
Language
Barely any
Moderate for adult fantasy
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal; not a focus of the novella
Substance Use
Barely any
Incidental
Emotional Intensity
Some
A dark, grim tone throughout, with a content warning also noted for racism within the story's world-building
What this book is about
Reimagining Slavic monsters as rival mob families running the city's rackets, this dark urban-fantasy novella follows a cursed man who has one night to gather what he needs from Chicago's supernatural underworld to lift a deadly curse.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Significant gore/violence for a short novella
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