Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

62 reviews

hclin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Cursing, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m not sure why I took so long to read it, but now I’m hooked and I’m not letting go. I could do without the end fight, I’d rather the king lived and our two mcs joined together happily in love but I GUESS, I’ll go for some drama. I just hope its a one time thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Genocide, Grief, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and War

melere's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

I liked it at first despite the gratuitous violence but it slowly became more cringe as time went on. Hated the romance, it was like a p*rno in some parts. I assumed because I liked Daughter of No Worlds it would be similar, it wasn't. I hated the relationship between Vincent and Oraya as well, it screamed abuse and brainwashing to me. This book made me realize that I don't think I like Romance. Like I love romances in fiction, but not Romance as a genre if that makes sense. 

I could go on but many aspects of this book were just so bad from a technical perspective that I found it difficult to overlook. The characters had no depth so it was hard to get into. I actually liked Fourth Wing MORE and I thought it was pretty dreadful!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, War, Grief, Toxic relationship, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Sexual violence

peachieko's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was somewhere between genius and deeply cringe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Genocide, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture and Slavery

some of the emotional scenes made me laugh and it's a pity bc the story is awesome imo but CAN THEY PLS STOP CURSING THIS MUCH ITS CRINGE

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Torture, and Rape

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Genocide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Torture, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

zarhara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, War, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

emr2220's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

b4bookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌶️🌶️

Ix's tits, this was a fun read. My only regret is that I didn't read it sooner.
It's like the vampire hunger games with sexy bat wings and LOTS of blood.

In so many enemies-to-lovers books, it's just so blatantly obvious that the two love birds don't actually want to kill one another and it takes me out of the story. But this one really sold me; they actually do plan to kill each other...

Oraya is a smart, funny and strong 23 yo with a loving adoptive vampire father (for better or worse) who is tired of trying to hack it as a human in a vampire world. 

Raihn is a vampire who hates being a vampire (naturally) and wants to make his world a better place for everyone. And he loves to get a rise out of Oraya.

But they both enter into a blood bath contest where only the last one standing will win, and with it a prize of anything they wish for.

This slow-burn, gory romantasy ends on a ravine hanger (not quite a cliff) and I fully plan to dive into book 2 ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Animal death, Alcohol, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, War, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Slavery, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence