Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe

24 reviews

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

rza1002's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol

book_siren's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War

christinaj1021's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Notably darker with more kink than the first in the series, The Dark One delivers on spice and smut. If you like

praise, degradation, RH, bondage, voyeurism, or predator/prey,

this book covers you with at least one scene that focuses on one or more of these kinky themes.

The plot, though clear and fairly interspersed (unlike a lot of dark/erotic romance) felt, to me, a bit thin.

But really, if you're coming here for the plot then you're probably the only one doing so lol

I am not personally a fan of extreme violence with my smut scenes. If the MC actually begins fearing for their life, I stop believing that they're enjoying themselves, which happened a couple times in this book. If that's a thing you're into, though, I'm sure you'd rate this higher!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail