Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

37 reviews

cdoubet's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Medical content

lisa07xie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

It was so fun to read and such a quick read I couldn't stop reading it! I love Riden and Alosa are so cute I love them! And Alosa is such a queen omg I love her and her crew so much I am so excited for the next book! This book was really fast paced and was captivating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Torture

pointeshoebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.0

I very much enjoyed reading this book, however I did have some problems with it. The first being the murder, yes I know murder is a major part of being a pirate, but what I didn't like about it was how flippant it was dealt with. I would much have prefered this book be made for an adult audience and actually be fully dealt with. On the flipside the spice was just too much for me, for a YA book. Again, I would much rather have had this book be an adult book and go full out in all aspects.

I'm not the biggest fan of first person and at first I didn't mind it. But by 50 pages in I got the inkling that this book would do a lot more telling instead of showing.

Lastly, the last 70ish pages . . . I couldn't wait for it to be over.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

asahome's review

adventurous

5.0

TL;DR: A young woman tests her skills to find a map while captured by a hostile crew. A young man fights his growing feelings for the mysterious young woman putting him in conflict with how his brother needs him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Body shaming, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping

Body Shaming:

she shames herself because she doesn't like her nature

Child Abuse:

her father "helps" her find her limits by performing tests on her and wounding her while she's being tested

Emotional Abuse:

the father's love is conditional

denee16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book had me giggling and kicking my feet. There are some awful characters (they're pirates so some of them are shit heads) but I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the story! I had a great time with every page!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Alcohol, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction and Child abuse

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t have any expectations going into this so I was positively surprised! Such a fun read! I loved the banter, I loved Alosa, I loved Riden.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

coraotf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexism

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

anna_harpist's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I found the premise of the book to be quite interesting, but most of the story takes place in the same setting, and there were a lot of repetitive storylines throughout the book (which is somewhat difficult to explain without spoiling the plot). I think that this book ended with great potential for a sequel, however, and I do look forward to reading that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Torture

f_r_e_d's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it! So good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

dallit's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Riden and Alosa are everything.

Their prisoner/captor dynamic? Straight out of my before-bed scenarios. And

he takes her to his room?!

 

There's definitely some content warnings regarding both gore and smut. Nothing super graphic, but multiple men try some things.

She doesn't castrate Draxen, though. The power of love for Riden, I guess.

The book has highs and lows because some intense emotions are explored, but there's plenty of comedy relief to counteract that.

Just/ everything really.

Phenomenal characters. Unique scenery. Epic battles. And so much fun. 

* One criticism, though (why it's not 5 stars), this book was published in 2017 and there is so much heterosexuality and gender binary- It's hard to wade through. I mean, it's literally part of Alosa's abilities, but the constant "men fall under my spell" and "I can make men do what I want" and no effect whatsoever on any of the women on her crew? It's tiring.

Oh, and the apparent only gay man in this entire world?

Dead pretty dang quickly. </>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault