Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Season of Love by Helena Greer

14 reviews

amberinpieces's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Biphobia, Terminal illness, Classism, and Sexual content

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

My final holiday read of 2023! This was sort of a Jewish-Christmas mash-up, as a lot of the characters are Jewish but they are trying to save Carrigan's Christmasland. The premise was fun, the characters were pretty well rounded for the most part, and it had some excellent holiday vibes. 

I do think the book itself was slightly longer than it needed to be. Part of that was because of how much time takes place, I think. It just felt a little drawn out. But I did enjoy the romance! It felt realistic to me.

If you do pick this up, be warned there are some pretty heavy themes of grief and dealing with past traumas from abuse. It's still a rom-com, but definitely with some heavier themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism and Sexual content

theespressoedition's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content

warlocksarecool21's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.25

Overall, I liked what this book was trying to do, but I don’t think it was executed that well. The strongest part for me was Miriam’s starting to heal from her trauma and the idea of a family coming together in their grief to save something they love. I appreciated seeing the complexities of their family dynamic and also the celebration of Jewish culture and traditions. The characters were strong, I liked Miriam and a lot of the side characters but I struggled a lot with Noelle. My main issue was that I felt that neither Noelle or Miriam were ready for a relationship. They had a lot of shit to work through and both need to go to therapy before getting together. (I know at the end they planned to go to therapy but it kind of felt like their love fixed everything instead of actually working through their issues). I appreciated the attempt of the story’s message that even if you experience trauma that you still can hurt people and need to be held accountable but how it went about that was really frustrating to me. I thought Noelle was really hard on Miriam (and projected a lot of insecurities on her) and that it wasn’t her place to get involved with Miriam’s relationship with her family. Their relationship was really frustrating to me in that aspect. I kind of didn’t like Noelle for a lot of the book bc of how she made her flaws and insecurities other people’s problems and it made me uncomfortable due to similarities to someone close to me that I won’t delve into here. I think there was a way to healthily incorporate a relationship into this book but what we got caused a lot of unnecessary angst and frustration for me. The ending for Miriam and Noelle was sweet but I wasn’t entirely sold on their relationship. That aspect of the book wasn’t for me but maybe others will like the messiness of it. I also struggled with the pacing and length as well. The beginning took so long to set up and by the end of the second part I was ready for it to be over. 

Definitely read for the exploration of trauma, grief and healing but the relationship isn’t stereotypically fluffy like you’d expect. I might pick up any sequels if they follow the other characters because some of them were really interesting and hopefully I’ll like them more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Death of parent

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism and Sexual content

stacy837's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Terminal illness

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Biphobia

Minor: Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Death

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

penandpages's review

lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Sexual content

kylieqrada's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

A very cute, fun Sapphic holiday romance! I like it when romances have a hard-hitting plot line, and this one did. Don't be fooled by the cover!! Also, love that we follow several Jewish holidays. I wish I hadn't pictured one of my best friends as the MC, but thankfully the sex scenes were closed door. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Misogyny