Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Black Rose by Karina Halle

3 reviews

kiwhales's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

Moments of this book were very frustrating. Didn't feel like the mythology always stayed consistent between books one and two. Plot points seemed to be picked up/disregarded at random.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Sexual violence

I understand that it's supposed to be a darker romance, but some of the sex scenes felt like dubious consent at best

moragscot's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

I really wanted to like this but it was lukewarm at best. There's no character development and the plot is weak. 

The sex scenes were good at the start (4 out of 5 on the spice scale) but became repetitive. Poor Rose will be black and blue not because of the rough sex but the number of times her orgasms "slammed" into her. 

The appearance of the "scooby gang" at the climax of the book was cheesy and the epilogue was unnecessary. The author wanted her characters to have a "happy ever after". Fair enough, I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

romancereviewed's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy