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Taming Seraphine by Gigi Styx

4 reviews

darcynewtonn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

I don't even know how to start this review!
Can I swear on here? I don't know, but holy s**t!
I recently read the mother of dark romance (if yk yk) and I didn't think It could be beaten, but my god this book goes above and beyond! 
if you need an easy read to pull you right out of a reading slump this is the one! 

Now, my TBR is somewhat 300 books long and a lot of books have been on there for a year or so, but this book didn't even last month on my TBR, I had to jump in and it did not disappoint. 

The spice is absolutely amazing, the backstories of the characters are really heart touching and sad but my favourite parts... the plot twists and drops, holy moly, I didn't see a lot of them coming whatsoever and it was shut the book and scream moments. 

I loved the characters in this and their personalities are. spot. on. 
Seraphine is a hot headed, impulsive young woman suffering trauma and anger issues as a result; Leroi comes to the rescue and flips her life around. The character development in this book is insane and the way Leroi handles her and trains her essentially, is truly beautiful in the sexiest, most effed up ways possible. 

I will recommend this book every day till the day I die, but please do check trigger warnings if you think there is anything that could potentially upset or hurt you. 

I'm sorry Zade, you've been beaten. 

Easiest 5 stars I've ever given and I cant wait for Emberly and Romans story Snaring Emberly on the 31st of March 2024!

Gigi Styx, what an amazing author, I will be reading all books by her from now on!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Child abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Hate crime, Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

curvybookworm93's review

dark 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

4.25

This book is a rollercoaster of crazy lol. But it's well done and both Sera and Leroi keep the reader and each other on their toes. Very well written, plot was easy to follow, spice was 3/5 I'd say but very intense. Will be reading the other stories by the author when they're released. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Rape

If you have no triggers this book is a breeze to read, and even if you have triggers you can glaze over some of the more graphic scenes and still enjoy the book.

darrenofficial's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Abandonment, Confinement, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Trafficking

poupimali's review

dark 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

4.5

I have no clue where to categorize this one because it is a dark romance but also a mafia romance and a horror erotica book. I was hooked within the first chapter.

BUT I really recommend Taming Seraphine.
This is happening in the mafia mob with a conflict between two families. Leroi is a hitman with a strong moral code and Seraphine is a really unhinged FMC called a Lolita assassin… 

It is gore like really check the TW (she has a thing for male genital parts…) but otherwise i really enjoyed myself, this book have a strong story line with plots and spice. Everything well balanced.

Story : 4/5
Plots : 5/5 
Spice : 🌶️🌶️.5 but this is 🚩🚩🚩
Strong FMC : 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Protective MMC : 🖤🖤🖤

I received it as an ARC, this is my honest opinion. I have no interest to give a positive opinion what so ever and this is a really good book for all the dark romance girlies!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Body horror, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail