Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

134 reviews

morgydunn's review against another edition

Absolute brain rot. The writing felt like a horny highschool Wattpad submission. Nothing that should warrant a multiple book series…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Classism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

allymurphy's review against another edition

4.0

is this even close to a somewhat decent book? no. did I have a great time and fall in love with Ryat Archer? hell yeah I did
it lost a star due to

everything that happened with her mom at the end and that Matt didn’t have a painful enough death, it felt a little like throwing everything at the wall and seeing what stuck with not a ton of success. the rest of the book was fantastic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Rape, Vomit, and Physical abuse

Minor: Stalking

moralesveronica090216's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

very spicy and sexy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Death

brienasbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Murder

Minor: Stalking and Blood

kdb_0620's review against another edition

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Torture, Medical trauma, Blood, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Violence

kataleen1989's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Vomit

chels984's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

oh my god hello i need to reconnect with nature

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Stalking, Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, and Emotional abuse

thereadaholic's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

I ate this book up. It's a dark book and I would not recommend this for beginners because ryat is dark really dark. I absolutely loved every part of this book I thought the way the plot builds up was perfect , loved the way the characters were I just wished authors would stop making FMC'S so naive and make them strong willed , and just maybe once up the MMC'S
 
Other than that the book is just wow , I loved the way ryat's character development progressed through the book I also wished we could have gotten a bit more of how they started loving each other but again other than that the book is great.

I devoured the book , ate it up so quick and I just really enjoyed it. 

If your not a begginer looking for a dark romance book this is ur book bestie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

lzzlong16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

5🌶️ def check trigger warnings on this one. It gets wild 🤪 

Going into the ritual I really didn't know what to expect but I was sucked in immediately. I started it before bed one night and before I knew it I was 150pgs in with no end in sight. I love a secret society story. Learning about the wild world of the Lords. This had some wild spice but I loved the story behind it even more. That's one thing I love so much is when you get crazy smut but also a gripping story. I wanted to see what happened on Ryats assignements, I loved seeing Blakely come into herself. It was a very interesting read and I can't wait to we what's in the next book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

sdonnell's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder