Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

37 reviews

lkristin2018's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment

theautomaticreader's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Other than the love triangle I really liked this book. The main issue that I have with this book is the romance. I really want to root for the relationships in this book. But I don't feel any chemistry between any of the characters and the drama for the love triangle feels extremely forced. I am more interested in the mystery aspect of the story then any of the relationship drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

redempta's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

5🌟

Second book in the series and second hit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment

brooklyn0426's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Couldn't put this book down! Jsut finished reading it 5 minutes ago and already have the next book in my lap ready to go. The characters just keep getting better and I'm getting more and more attached to them all. The cases continue to keep my guessing and even if I think I have an idea of what's going to happen, I may only be the slightest bit correct, but never fully, and always more intriguing than I can imagine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

emmadb766's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, and Violence

nehaslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

i love this series sm!¡ it reminds me of criminal minds and this book got me out of the fattest slump. the only iffy thing about it is the whole love triangle which i absolutely despise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

firehandpt's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

styxx's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment and Child abuse

vibingandy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

jennifer lynn barnes has once again set up a love triangle and has me rooting for someone only for

that person to not be the one who gets the girl. this is the second time i’ve been bamboozled by her.

i appreciated the friendship growth but we didn’t get to explore it very much. the story was fun and easy to get addicted to. this book did make me pace my house because i have so many thoughts and feelings about these characters and this story, so i know it is definitely making an impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Gore and Suicide

they are actively investigating a new series of murders that are tied to a previous serial killer, so know that death will continue to happen during the book as will discussion of the victims sometimes with in-depth detail.