Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Deal With The Devil by Elizabeth O'Roark

11 reviews

smuttymcbookface's review

medium-paced

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

3.75

Things I liked:

• The banter and jokes
• The honest self-reflection on past relationships
• The fake dating tropes
• The balance of daily struggles and looking on the bright side
• How demanding and forthright Hayes was
• The spicy scenes

Things I wasn't so keen on:

• I'm not sure I really felt the spark until way later, when we were supposed to feel it all along? Even with all the banter, the only thing she seemed to like about Hayes was his attractiveness
• Tali apparently being a ridiculously hot 10/10, but being completely unaware the whole book
• The awful book paralleling her situation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide attempt

hjb_128's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility

h_gordon's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Alcoholism

susanpevensie's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

sdupont's review

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Wow I could not put this book down! I really really enjoyed this one, it was a perfect mix of emotion/vulnerability, pining/lust, and banter. *Chef’s kiss* to this boss assistant romance!! Tali and Hayes have a great dynamic, one that I loved seeing develop into a friendship and more over time. I love when the MMC is head over heels and wants to do anything and everything for the FMC and Hayes definitely delivers even if it is a little under wraps. I think Tali and Hayes’s respective baggage and histories were very realistic particularly how they served as barriers to them committing. The third act breakup definitely had me in my feelings which made the grand gesture all the more rewarding. I absolutely recommend this book and am excited to continue on in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

daisycantread24's review

hopeful lighthearted slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt, Grief, and Death of parent

tea_rea's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

frantically's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was an absolute joy to read! Just contemporary "enemies"-to-lovers (y'know the non-fantasy one without war crimes 😉) at its finest. Also the first time I actually bothered downloading extra content and it was so worth it 😍 Looking forward to reading more from this author! 🥰 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Stalking, Pregnancy, Child death, Child abuse, and Body shaming

The child abuse is only a theory of the heroine and it turns out not to be true.

marinarathesauce's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

threeundertwopnw's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Low-angst, funny,  and warm. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence