Reviews tagging 'Murder'

An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles

8 reviews

jess_justmaybeperfect's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Ableism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Murder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Torture, Animal death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Classism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Colonisation, and Blood

madscientistcat's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Another wonderful KJ Charles book, I just adore her adventure-filled writing and her lovely and complex characters 💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Suicide, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty

wilybooklover's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

This is described as a slow-burn in the blurb but

the main characters have expressed their attraction and kissed by the 10% mark and the first sex scene is around 20%...

that’s not slow-burn to me! That’s way faster than average! 

Between the characters getting together so early and Clem’s reluctance to delve further into the mystery in the first half, the story does lack some momentum. It picks up a little in the second half but it took me a long time to read this for so few pages. 

Still, Clem and Rowley made a very cute couple and I enjoyed how quiet their relationship was, and how appreciative they were of each other. They were both very intriguing characters; Clem who is coded as autistic and of Indian heritage, and Rowley who is a short and skinny taxidermist. I like how KJ Charles tends to write characters outside of the usual you tend to find in romance. The mystery was quite interesting once it got going, if predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Bullying, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Colonisation, Suicide, Racism, and Homophobia

20sidedbi's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Mental illness, Homophobia, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, and Racism

Minor: Xenophobia, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Ableism, and Classism

Interracial relationship at a time when it was illegal

littlewishling's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved the neurodiverse main character. It’s not something you often see in romances and it was really well done. I did find the mystery plot a bit repetitive for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty

the_vegan_bookworm's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

obviousthings's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Torture, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Racism, Gun violence, and Homophobia