Bás Dorcha Balor Meads and Spirits

Bas Dorcha

~Karlee Berrios

 
Alright, first things first - Bas Dorcha is not a book you casually crack open before bed thinking you’ll “just read a few chapters.” Nope. This one yanks you straight into its world, and refuses to let you go until you’re emotionally dehydrated and staring at the last page wondering what just happened to your soul.

But friends, be sure to check your trigger warnings. This story goes dark and doesn’t flinch - but the kind of dark that makes you feel something real. I say this because I am here to RAVE about it and I don't want anyone who has serious TW's going in blind.

From the moment you meet these characters, kiss your productivity goodbye. Work? Ha. Sleep? Gone. Kids/Family? Who?

The real world fades out, replaced by a foggy obsession named Bas Dorcha. It’s that kind of book - the kind you carry around in your chest long after you’ve finished, because letting go feels impossible.

Honestly, and I don't say this lightly, I believe this is only one in a handful of books that I've read in my lifetime that has left me feeling broken. Incomplete. Devastated. The last one was Tee Seabrone's Body Count and I out rightly accused her of breaking me. I managed to recover … until now.

It has taken me two books since finishing Bas Dorcha to wrap my head around it and sit down to write this review. My normal turn-around time: read the book, write the review, create my TT/IG reels, post, start the next book/work on writing my books. So, you see, this truly is a book that leaves you with attachment issues.

Bas Dorcha isn't a thousand-page book.

My point?

Berrios has managed to create such a complex and intricate world in a matter of 400'sh pages. Berrios builds this layered, haunting world one important detail at a time, peeling it back like smoke from a fire until you are standing in the middle of an inferno! Burned. Breathless. Unable to stop reading. Every layer matters. Every reveal hits. Nothing feels wasted. Everything knots together with precision and pain. This story is crafted tightly and beautifully.

This whole book…is…PERFECTION!

There. That's it. No synopsis of the book. That's all I've got without giving anything away. I truly cannot discuss Brigit, Cormac, Skyler, Stella, and the rest of the crew without giving things away. They have become my new ‘book family' – and I miss them already.

Just go buy the book. Read it. Become devastated like me. We can bond. We can heal together.

That's all I've got on this one folks. I am going to immerse myself into something – maybe I will craft, watch a movie, eat some chocolate, curl in the fetal position. So if you need me, knock loud – I might be curled up reading Bas Dorcha again.

P.S. Karlee, I’m going to need a signed copy. I don’t care if it’s a bookplate or a sticker - I’ll take whatever you’ve got. Let a girl know the details on how to get any of the above LOL - because I’m not above begging (and y’all know I’ll do it). 

I would like to thank Karlee Berrios for allowing me to Alpha/Beta/ARC for BasDorcha. As always, all opinions and reviews are of my own volition. I have not been promised any compensation, current or future, by the author or publisher for a fair and honest review.