Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Youngblood by Sasha Laurens

4 reviews

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Cursing

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I recommend reading some of the other review by BIPOC people (especially @bookstagramrepresents on Instagram) becuase there are some problematic things that have been brought up about this book. There's one conversation about the East India Trading Company that will definitely make you cringe when you read it. I know it did for me.

For the most part, I feel like this book had potential but it just kind of fell flat, outside of the things mentioned in other reviews. There didn't seem to be a lot of romantic chemistry between Taylor and Kat, and it was more told than actually shown in the book. All in all, there are probably better vampire books out there for you to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

There is a scene that is kind of sexual assualt-esque when vampires coerce a group of humans into their house to feed on them, seemingly without their consent and wiping their memories.

laurajones's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Classism, Bullying, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.0

What a fun read! After having watched Netflix's "First Kill", I was in the mood for more vampire stories and had seen this on Bookstagram.
And it did not disappoint! Was the plot predictable? A little - but that did not take away one single bit of the enjoyment :) plus I'm not the original target audience. I immensely enjoyed this read and would recommend it to anyone who'd interested in a vampire story set at an elite boarding school, with a murder mystery to solve and a childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Classism, Blood, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, War, and Child death