Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Darkest Temptation by Danielle Lori

60 reviews

melaninreadss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gun violence

Minor: Trafficking

amberpatel's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Gun violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Blood

poupimali's review

funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

4.5

I absolutely loved Rowan and Mila’s story.

- mafia
- age gap
- kind of enemies to lovers with a bit of Stockholm syndrome
- Hilarious and sunchine FMC
- grumpy tense MMC
- Slow burn

I really laugh out loud many times because of the banter between them.
And I am really a sucker for mobster who are speaking a foreign language that the FMC doesn’t understand. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Vomit, Gun violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Addiction, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Death of parent

booklifeisthelife's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Gun violence

aelin_morgenstern's review

challenging dark emotional

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Trafficking, and Rape

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Great bratva romance, enemies to lovers, grumpy x sunshine, kidnapping, he’s obsessed with her tropes. I liked the beginning of the story and how she has no idea about what was happening at first, it was a nice twist on the usual mafia romance. Really enjoyed the dynamic between Mila & Ronan and all the notes (so cute)! Some cliche parts but overall enjoyed and the spice was great.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kitsuneru's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

ronan is so funny but also so perfect and gah. mila pissed me off near the end. like dude i hate when characters don’t communicate and talk about their feelings. like this book could’ve been shorter if they just talked. but it was a happy ending so ig i’ll let it slide. and also i love ronan so much he’s so 😩 i will defend him till the day i die.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Cursing, and Gun violence

jasminemilktea's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, and Death of parent

danyclarice's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Where do I even start with this one?

I personally found it too difficult to suspend my disbelief when it came to Mila and Ronan's relationship. Up until about 75% into this book, the plot revolved around Ronan's sick sexual fantasies and Mila's daddy issues. I mean, cool, great- very twisted and dark- but fine I can get round that. Just please, please add something else to the plot! Everything was rushed and wrapped up at the end leaving the middle incredibly boring that made it hard to keep going. 

There were a lot of side characters and side plot lines like Mila's mother, Nadia, Albert; I would have loved to have delved deeper into these characters to flesh out the main plot. 

Ronan is a an absolute psychopath, and unlike Christian who took himself to therapy and showed genuine compassion, I just couldn't bring myself to root for Ronan and Mila to end up together. Fine, yes, the ending was incredibly sweet as expected of the author in this series but overall, definitely this book is an outlier in this series. 

Spice Rating: 3/5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder