Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Broken Bonds by J. Bree

5 reviews

booksalacarte's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

2.75⭐️ 2.5🌶️ (1 SA scene not included)

This was out of my comfort zone. Reverse Harem just isn’t for me. From this I’ve found that I am just not a fan of more than 1 love interest in a book.

It’s an entertaining read, bachelor-esk and surprisingly has quite a bit of plot outside of the main relationships. I appreciate the RH clarification in the synopsis from the author. There is also a LOT of cursing in this book.

Forced proximity

One bed

Instalove

Slow burn

Strong friendships

Life on the run

College life

Oil being 19, in college, and forced into living under house arrest isn’t my ideal set up. But the prologue was attention catching, for sure.

It reads as a little bit of a bully romance… but for the world building, kinda-almost-maybe justified? But I hate the name calling (effing B*tch) between main love interests. It feels super disrespectful and foul. Especially from someone, or many, who are supposed to be endgame love interests. I hate it. I don’t even like typing out the words. There was also a SA scene with a love interest. Be aware.

The romance was slow burn, which is good, considering the vitriol that is flying left and right. There is a lot to make up for and any actual romance would have been gross without warming up.

The world building was really minimal, which it being a contemporary romantic fantasy isn’t as important as a high fantasy. But I found a lot to be desired in that area. The magic system is interesting, but very vague. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Gaslighting, Murder, Cursing, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

emwith's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Abandonment, Violence, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

daisycantread24's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Car accident, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Bullying, and Mass/school shootings

erkietheturkey's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Grief

mkmathias's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The miscommunication trope in this was killer which was why I didn't give it 4 stars. Other than that I was left with a lot of unanswered questions and a lack of asswooping for some really hateable love interests. I'm going to need that to happen in book 2 or my rating might change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture, Vomit, and Violence