Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent

9 reviews

maistfu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

definitely didn't expect this novella to be this good. apparently lilith and vale are part of book 2 so good thing I read this first 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Rape, and Gore

qatkatcat's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A wonderful short addition to the Crowns of Nyaxia series! I loved getting to read Lilliths story, she’s a brilliantly written character with lots of charm, especially considering the small amount of time/pages to develop her story. I personally recommend reading this novella after Ashes and the Star-Cursed King, as some mild spoilers occur in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Rape

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Classism, Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

wildflower_magic's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Another fantastic read by Clarissa Broadbent! This book is a novella following characters in the Crowns of Nyaxia series. It can be read after book 1, but I read it after book 2 and think that was a good time as I knew the characters well and this novella provided interesting backstory. I love the characters. The main character, Lilith, presents with many neurodivergent traits in a respectful and accurate way. This novella follows her journey as she tries to protect her loved ones from a god's curse that was placed upon her town. She decides she needs some help from the broody vampire who lives outside of town, thus leading her to create a deal with Vale. Vale is 100% book boyfriend vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War and Sexual assault

aklovekorn's review

adventurous emotional 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: Gore, Medical content, Death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Blood

lovejasmine's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

metalballwheatley's review

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? No

4.0

Vale and Lilith are great and all but I would've liked this novella better if the love triangle resolved into polyamory lol. It's a good book though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, and Death

dkgreads's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

I liked this shirt story a lot. It introduces some characters that will apparently appear in the next novel of this series. I absolutely loved Lilith and Vale’s relationship! Totally swoon worthy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Hate crime

yourbookishbff's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia