Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

30 reviews

lilhappyhermit's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

This book had me throwing theories out left and right. I was on the edge of my seat as Brie's journey with Sebastian and Finn unfolded. All of the twists and turns that you embark on as Brie tries to save her sister from the Unseelie King has my mind reeling. And the ending? It made me need to pick up the second book to this duology IMMEDIATELY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Death

Minor: Homophobia and Slavery

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: War, Kidnapping, and Slavery

toastedoats42's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

3.0

An interesting story and I'm excited to read the sequel. The author uses male and female instead of man and woman in most instances which, despite understanding the reasoning behind it given the story, still gives me an ick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Classism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Confinement, and Body shaming

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book for the fae drama and the struggles with the romance but other than that it really wasn't that great of a read for me. I didn't find the character development enjoyable and the plot didn't kick in until the last thirty percent of the book or so.

Even though one of the big plot points was getting MC's sister back, she's completely forgotten about often throughout the progression of the story.

  All in all it was enjoyable but not one of my favorite reads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse

bethy_joy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Kidnapping

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Okay hear me out: I know, objectively, this is not very good. The writing is very lackluster and repetitive and the book as a whole lacked editing. BUT if you have a fairy world fantasy itch that can’t seem to get scratched, this will do it. I really enjoyed this, despite the predicability and eye-roll worthy protagonist. It’s fun! So sue me. You get exactly what you expect, in my humble opinion. 
Side note: there are a lot ( a LOT ) of reviews calling this an ACOTAR rip off and, while there are some minor similarities, I don’t feel that way at all. Sorry not sorry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

charleewalton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I lovedddddd this book with ever fibre of my being! Real life fairytale vibes and was a magical reading experience!! I was able to guess some key twists and turns but the major one I didn't see coming!! I went through every emotion possible whilst reading too! Love, anger, rage, jealousy, sadness! All of them which to me shows the talent of the author !! I haven't read many love triangle books but this one definitely hit its mark and I loved it! I also really enjoyed the little snippets we get of the side characters, some of which I loved just as much as the main characters! 
Also love a FMC in a YA fantasy!
The characters were loveable and the plot was so intriguing and it really was a page turner! Highly recommended and I can't wait to read the sequel!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping

ilka00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

kristakp's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book was enjoyable but also annoying. An easy read and derivative from other similar books in this genre, but sometimes that hits the spot. I do hate the author's persistence of referring to men and women as "male" and "female," it's pretty terfy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

Personally I didn't enjoy this book. The premise was promising but the execution fell flat. The whole first half felt very much like ACOTAR fanfiction. 

And the ending was not satisfying for me. I guessed a lot of what was going to happen by chapter 10 and almost everything else by chapter 19. 

This felt like the miscommunication trope to the extreme which has never been a favorite. There were so many places where honesty could have made a better story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content