Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells

8 reviews

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

3.75

 Content Warnings: Sexual situations, ableism, violence, sexism, misogyny, sexual assault, sexual harassment, child abuse, transphobia, toxic relationships, and domestic violence.
Mention of: rape, death of parents, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, eugenics [in the form of killing anyone considered weak or "damaged", and captivity.

I instantly liked Una and her personality and wanted to punch Killian where it hurts 😤

The pack history was interesting, angering but interesting...and you don't find many shifter books where mated pairs sleep with other people...so that was something I wasn't expecting.

Loved that Una constantly challenged Killian and didn't back down from his BS...which was A LOT. haha Really wish he'd done more groveling tbh 😤

Overall it was a fun read and I'll most likely be checking out the rest of the series 💜 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Sexism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Murder, and Kidnapping

livruther's review against another edition

emotional

4.25

why did i enjoy this so much??? i feel like sometimes there was too much going on and sometimes there wasnt enough going on, but other than that it made me really emotional and i got surprisingly attached to the characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

This book had absolutely NO BUSINESS BEING THIS GOOD.

This title, this cover, this concept? None of it looks like a book I would like and yet - I stayed up way past my bedtime finishing it. The pacing is great and the characters are so so so realistic (lol yes, I am saying that about wolf shifters, fated mates, magic and uhhhh…knots). 

Anyway, if you need me I’ll be busy making this series my whole personality.

👍🏻Recommended!! If you love groveling and modern fantasy with gripping plots and incredible tension? This is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Abandonment, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

stealingourhearts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

FAN 👏🏻 FREAKIN’ 👏🏻 TASTIC 👏🏻

6 STARS!!! I absolutely loved this book. I’m so annoyed with myself for waiting so long to read it even though everyone kept telling me how awesome it was. TBH - it was the cover. *sigh* Fated mates, shifters, hate to love? Disability rep and all that groveling?? YES PLEASE 🙌🏻

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥.5

Paranormal romance
Wolf shifters
Fated Mates
Disability rep 
Hate to love 

⚠️TW: discussion of rape/sexual assault/child abuse/domestic abuse

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

now_booking's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

This was a unique sort of shifter romance where instead of being a mate-or-nothing sort, the alpha, Killian, rejects his fated mate, Una, initially (for really no good reason, let’s be honest) and spends the rest of the book groveling to get her back. I overall liked it and thought I’d was good, but I’m also not feeling like it’s my favourite shifter romance I’ve ever encountered. It was well-written and despite the beginning I liked how the author managed to write Killian back from an absolute a-hole to someone I actively liked. Una also came into her own in this story which was nice. Sometimes in these stories when one character has a huge character growth arc, the other character is kind of forgotten, but Una also came into her own in confidence and assertiveness throughout this book and that was a pleasure to read. I think some of the character transitions from beginning to end seemed to pop out of nowhere but this was good and I would read the next book happily. The secondary characters really popped and I’m curious about so many potential couples here. Not much diversity, but there is a gender non-conforming potential story lurking in this world (maybe in a future book) that I think would be really innovative for shifter romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

lapon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.0

Bonkers and fun ! I gobbled it up without thinking too hard about the plot.
I liked how the mating system is set up, and that both the hero and the heroine are shifters.
I also found the women side characters engaging, I look forward to the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

louise_lion's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse