Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

110 reviews

cc_shelflove's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wowza! I was not expecting the turn of events. 🤯 Ciccarelli provides the reader a delectable game of cat and mouse. Rune is a witch hiding in plain sight. Her alter ego, the Crimson Moth, is responsible for rescuing other witches before they are purged. Gideon, the captain of the Blood Guard, wants nothing more than to catch the Moth. The two unwittingly court each other for his or her own benefit—Rune, to gain intel in order to save more witches, and Gideon, to attempt to uncover secrets in his search for the Moth. I blasted through almost half of this book in one day. It is definitely difficult for me to say more without revealing some spoilers. Wtf is going to happen in book two???

This book also made me feel seen as a police wife. People often make assumptions about Gideon solely based on his profession as captain of the Blood Guard. Even Rune, a witch herself, is quick to defend him; he is a man trying to do what he feels is right. Also, Rune’s upset when Gideon apologizes via telegram that he is going to be late because something came up… Oh, honey. You’ll get used to it. 😆

I recommend this for fans of the Divine Rivals duology. It was a thrill. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

bookwyrm25's review against another edition

I did not expect the whole plot of the book was going to be “get Rune naked and have sex with her!!!” This is a YA ffs. Rune is dumb and bad at not getting caught like a typical YA, but it’s so overly sexual in a non spicy but just objectifying way it’s INSANE. I felt extremely uncomfortable the whole time. And it’s extremely bloody for a YA, which I didn’t mind but it was mostly just objectification of each other especially Rune as the female lead. Especially when the male main lead purposely makes her feel bad for being “above” his station like she can help it any more than she can. Pathetic man child. One star. No idea why even whole ass adults are raving about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

thisbookisbananas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Heartless Hunter is a ‘new adult’ genre book which started out as a loose retelling of the Scarlet Pimpernel(I love that the author brings up the original book towards the beginning of the story). After a while though,it morphed into something more. This book raises question of is there ever really a ‘good side’ when people are at war. 
This book was high on angst which is centered around miscommunication. While I usually am the first to say nope to this trope, in this storyline I was absolutely here for it!I personally thought it worked exactly how it needed to.  I am absolutely on pins and needles wanting to know what will happen next!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Murder

organizedxchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

thissmoi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Torture

julie2525's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

meggiemeggie52's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I had a hard time putting this down! I am now eagerly anticipating the sequel and am bummed we have to wait until 2025 to get it. It read very fast despite being a medium-paced book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

risten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

jvbook_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Excrement