Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Alpha Contract by Eliot Grayson

3 reviews

katieanne4's review against another edition

Some books work for me and some don't. This one did. The previous one that didn't was "just a bit twisted" which I started immediately before this. And this was like alpha werewolf shifter stuff but it felt so much more realistic, like emotionally? Cartoonishly evil villains aside.

Anyway, will probably read more from this series. Smut was on point. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Chronic illness

Marriage of convenience, gay for you, bi awakening

baeb_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

🌶️🌶️🌶️ (balanced spice/plot ratio, a handful of descriptive sex scenes, no intense kinks)

Gay werewolf Brook has a chronic illness and an emotionally abusive family. He makes a contract with “straight” alpha werewolf Dimitri  to mate in order to benefit Brook’s career.

1st person, Brook’s perspective 

TAGS:

-Gay for you / Bi awakening 

-Fake mates but real mating bond

-Sub/dom
-Knotting
-Shifter werewolves (not descriptive) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Ableism

jennifox's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

That was kind of brutal, and vaguely problematic.

I've got a head cannon that Demitri lied when he said he was completely straight, cause otherwise this plot doesn't really work for me.

I almost want to add a content warning for sexism to cover the way Brook was treated for not being an alpha. It's some sort of -ism anyway and difficult to read.

Despite all that, I really loved the MCs, both separately and as a couple. And their HEA gave me all the warm fuzzys.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Emotional abuse