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pageswithruby's review
2.5
Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Gun violence
Minor: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Vomit, and Torture
ddog8's review
- 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
3.75
I am a bit conflicted around this one.
The FMC I battled with a bit. I really like strong, sassy characters and I think the ladies in the previous books set a standard. This FMC didn't get as angry as I was at the situation, and accepted/forgave way to easily. But, having said that, you understand how her past and subsequent emotions/insecurities drove that. So I understood where she was coming from. She also had some funny moments (the toaster incident was fantastic).
I enjoyed the comradery of the Alliance boys at the end. That was great.
Spice level 🌶 4
On to the mysterious Hans's story. To quote Olaf from Frozen, "...who is this Hans?”
Moderate: Torture and Violence
Minor: Vomit
moodreadmoonchild's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Car accident, Grief, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicide
Minor: Drug abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Addiction
most are on-par for a dark romance but i do want to give a bit more info on the ones that are not “standard” for the genre. These are non-spoilers. Panic Attacks - FMC has panic attacks that you read through in first person. read through her thought process and also her grounding practices Body Shaming - mostly historical & off-page except for one quick comment made by a person about the FMC while not in their presence Suicidal thoughts - not ideation, brief and rare. Suicide -historical, not fully on-page but not fully off-page either. this is the only one that i will go into that could be minor spoilers but do want to give proper warning & will note what chapter to avoidrickireadss's review
4.0
that scene towards the end?!?!?! had my heart RACING, but man val is a f*cking badass, let me tell you. overall, i enjoyed it, had a great time, but dom really hit me where it hurts a few too many times, so king's still my favorite. i did LOVE seeing payton&nero and savannah&king in this one!!! i think i fell even more in love with both couples throughout this book.
ALSO THE FINAL SCENE!?!?!!? holy. shit. like i saw it coming but i didn't expect it at the same time iykyk.
⚠️: violence, murder, drugging (done by LI to FMC), death of parent, grief, death, child abuse, car accident, body shaming, bullying, stalking, gore, body horror, gun violence, blood, addiction, suicide, pregnancy, injury/injury detail, infidelity, emotional abuse, medical content, vomit, torture
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Torture, and Child abuse
Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit
Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, and Pregnancy
threeundertwopnw's review
- 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
3.5
Val might have decided she was later okay with his actions, but I wasn't. Nothing redeems this level of behavior. She should never have trusted him. He didn't earn it.
Edited to add: Amazon has scrubbed all negative reviews for this book including mine and I can absolutely not support an author who does this. Thank heavens storygraph exists!
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Stalking, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Torture, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide
Moderate: Alcohol