Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Stolen Heir by Sophie Lark

50 reviews

julianacosta_01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Trafficking, Sexual content, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Rape

moriahleigh's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content

bblanka's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

hapalyn's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

I love Miko's character, I love Nessa's, the two of them together is so AH! I love how they are perfect foils for each other.

Wishing there was little more plot, but I still really enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

poupimali's review against another edition

3.5

I am a bit disappointed by the one.
This is just a retelling of The Beauty and The Beast.
I am not a big fan of a fragile virgin FMC. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

blissfullibrary's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

quietmarki's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! Very toxic , but loved it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, Stalking, Death, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

nineinchnails's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

imskylow's review against another edition

I had to DNF this book. The writing felt very juvenile. The words don’t have weight. The prose is stiff and unyielding and the emotions felt dry to me. There was also a big lack of imagery. I tried to skip forward to see what the book would feel like later and I was not terribly impressed by what I found. This plot of this book is merely a vehicle for the smut.  I say this as a reader who enjoys smut: I feel like each tool an author uses in a story should be carefully placed, crafted, and utilized. Smut just isn’t interesting when there’s a lack of believability and a real sense of tension. 

I received the digital version of this book as a ARC books from NetGalley, which is interesting because Goodreads says this book was published back in 2020. Not quite sure why this available for review now in 2023. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Antisemitism

booksalacarte's review

hopeful fast-paced

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

2.5

2.5⭐️ 3🌶️

Mafia dark romance
Beauty and the beast retelling
Enemies to lovers
Professional ballerina
Opposites attract
“Touch her and die”


The writing is really stilted int he beginning. Maybe it’s the dual first person POV. And it’s needlessly repetitive. Something said in chapter 2 is almost verbatim in chapter 6. 

The monotonous replay of a specific scene in the other POV in first person isn’t interesting, it’s boring. 

The characters are under developed. There is such potential, but their character arcs are rushed and their relationship arc hardly goes beyond Stockholm syndrome. Their on page interactions are very few, making their relationship seem very immature. There is very little on page tension because they hardly ever interact. 

But it was a quick and easy read.



Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books/Sourcebooks for an Advanced Reader Copy of the ebook in return for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Cursing, Suicide, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Murder, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Rape, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment