Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark

30 reviews

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Torture

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Murder, and Death

kharri13's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.25

Was getting into until callum was weird during the shower scene and it kind of soured for me. She can do better than him

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Sexism, Gun violence, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

blakeleyshea's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.5

Not what I was expecting…writing style seemed very “immature” yet a LOT OF SMUT. Beginning to realize that I want a Mafia romance that isn’t so explicit (if that even exists). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

Definitely read the trigger warnings. But I DEVOURED this book. A lot funnier than I expected it to be, and the slow burn had me giddy by the end. The spicy scenes were great and I loved the ending, which is honestly not something I can say often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Stalking

witchleaves's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

Terrible book. Awful characters, and dry writing. The plot was interesting but the story itself left nothing in me to want more of the story. Every character sucks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

poupimali's review against another edition

funny tense 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

5.0

Sophie Lark did it again. It is my first mafia romance fron her and it was joyfull.
I love the FMC Aida. This character made me laugh so many time with her sassy mouth. She is a hell well written character.
Just for her, you should read this.

It is:
- mafia romance
- enemies to lovers
- strong and skilled FMC 
- arranged marriage 
- forced proximity

It was a perfect reading balancing between the love story and the plots.
This is a good audiobook also (duo POV narrators)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.5

The writing took some time to get used to, but eventually I didn’t mind all the internal monologuing. It was tough to get through the first part of the book because of the immaturity of the two main characters but once they were together and married, their character development was significant. I surprisingly liked this book. I tend to stay away from mafia type romances because some times they can be a little too dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

siad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, War, and Stalking

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Blood, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder