Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

7 reviews

ellafaereads's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Cancer

Minor: Death of parent and Physical abuse

cocpop_reads's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Zeus Garro and LouLou have my heart. I loved this book the first time I read it, and I love it even more the second time around.

This is taboo romance. Large age gap, and the FMC is 17. So if any of that is too much, I would not read this book.

I loved Lou from the start. I loved that she pushed herself, and chose to do things for herself. My heart broke for the parents she was given, and it really forced her to grow up fast. I can never say a bad thing about her. I think my favorite relationship besides her and Zeus, was her and Mute. They just had a pure connection, and this book broke me.

And ain’t nobody throwing down quite like Zeus. He was very aware of the optics of his relationship with Lou, but you could tell her never did anything to harm her. He loved his girl from the start, and while that may be off putting to some, their connection just made sense.

5/5 on the spicy scale. The mouth on Zeus, and the fact that Lou was just as dirty as him. My favorite scene will forever be her stripping for him. Just because of the confidence on her, and the determination to get what she wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Classism, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Racial slurs

maryyylorraine's review

dark medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

clairesneverland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

apolen's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Kidnapping, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Abandonment, Violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

zabeishumanish's review

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

I had to skip most of the sex scenes. I love a good forbidden romance, but this was too much, like terrifyingly too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy

nini2622's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Torture, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping