Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

13 reviews

julianna_schock's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Sexism

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexism

kaydeedickins's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Racism, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Sexism

voxelbee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

martamae77's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexism, Racism, and Car accident

marareading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

3.25

This book was a fun rom-com! It has an all Black cast, and our MC is a woman in STEM which was a huge seller for me. I LOVE a strong intelligent female lead! 

Naledi Smith is an orphan who lives in NYC. She has worked her whole life to get where she is. Now on top of her grad school work, and multiple jobs, she is getting very persistent emails from a spammer insisting she is betrothed to an African prince. 

The end of this book felt more rushed than I prefer. I felt like it wrapped up too quickly. I still enjoyed the dynamics of the rest of the book. I LOVED the MC Ledi. Definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident and Sexism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

jackiepreston's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

le3713's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism and Vomit

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

memorable's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I loved this book! The whole betrothed thing was odd to me and the ending seemed a bit rushed. Okay, and the whole epidemic hit a little too close to home in a current pandemic; however, I loved the facts that the  kingdom was so much ahead of all countries of the global north working with renewable energy and technology not known in the U.S. And can we please talk about Naledi? Strong black female character who stands up for herself and gets everything she deservers! It’s just such a refreshing read in comparison to some love stories that are problematic! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Grief

Minor: Sexism and Misogyny

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suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

The premise of this book was fun and the main characters had a lot of chemistry. I enjoyed the romance.

However, the pacing was way off for me. there were multiple points in the book where we spent a TON of time on the build-up of a potential problem, only to have the full situation revealed and handled very quickly.

I read the novella Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (#1.5 in this series) last year and it was nice to go back and see the characters who had been mentioned in that novella. I’d still highly recommend that novella. Not sure if I’ll continue further on in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Sexism