Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

18 reviews

jurizprudence's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.25

olivia jaeger i'd never leave you in the rain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Body shaming

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Classism, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, and Outing

i miss them already

araceli1022's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Bullying

Moderate: Suicide, Body shaming, Child death, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Mental illness, Abortion, Grief, and Cancer

ludetorrance's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This is what wlw books should aspire to be. I was looking for a book like this for so long, and now that I have it, I just want more.

Olivia Jaeger and Clay Collins hate each other. The bulling, the snappy comments, the dirty looks, they have it all. Olivia is gay, poor and has brothers with bad reputation. Clay is rich, blonde and pretty, therefore she has everything she wants. Or does she? Is there pent up tension behind the aggression? Heat behind every look? Together, they will discover the true meaning of “if I don’t bully you, I don’t love you”.

⭐️- World building and background characters

0.75 - Plot

⭐️- Main character

⭐️- Love interest

⭐️- Tension

🌶🌶/3

Oh my frigging goooodddd, the way I don’t give a fuck what everyone has to say, I loved this book. Like why is it only the books with straight couples that can be a little dirty and toxic? This book is shallow and smutty and I love it for it. Don’t come in reading this thinking you’re going to get a nice book because this one is not it. 

The Tryst Six has my heart and I loved the history behind Clay’s family. The plot was good, but knowing Penelope, she could have done more with it. This is a dual POV, is here both Clay and Liv are main characters, and they deliver. AND THE TENSION OMG!! I don’t really like bully romances but God knows I loved this one. And if you’re read all this, I’m sure you will too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Child death

jenarae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Cancer, Drug use, Incest, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

marinagray's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

lauraxsofia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Cancer

annelaure's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, and Outing

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Cultural appropriation

booksnooksandglory's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

“I can’t apologize for everything I do to hurt you, Liv. Because I can’t promise I’ll stop. But I promise, I hurt every time you do.”

New lifetime favorite.
Best use of 587 pages ever Don't let the length intimidate you.
The stakes were high but as I was reading they kept shifting, and, most importantly, being met.
TW: (not a full list but the ones I caught) fat-phobia, lesbophobia, homophobia, emotional abuse, toxic relationship, grief, violence.
The relationship is very much push-pull, as is with any good enemies to lovers, at first one of the characters has a bit more power but man when the other bites back... :

“You won’t even see the cum stain when he drunk-ejacs all over you in the back seat of the car after the ball,”

I'd say this is a bully romance, enemies to lovers (duh), with some Romeo and Juliet themes. Needless to say, this is not an aspirational romance.
I don't want this review to be too detailed because I went in just knowing it was a wlw enemies to lovers and I think there's not much else you need to know. But get tissues... the way (and number of times) I sobbed with this shit is borderline embarrassing.
There are many Penelope trademarks all over the book. This book is not for everyone but those of you who have liked PD in the past NEED to read this one. I would put this book closer to Punk57 than Devil's night 1&2.
At first, I was a bit scared that loads of characters and subplots were being introduced. I thought they would shift focus from the romance but then I checked and saw the book was almost 600 pages, so my fear then was that the book would drag, none of those fears became true.
There are more subplots that I'm used to with romance but Oh my Lord! they made the story so much better and they complemented the romance so so good. And they made for amazing tension in between steamy sessions, those scenes are many and HOT!!!
Anyway, read this :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child death, Cancer, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion