Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

5 reviews

sarah_amy's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Enjoying this series more the further on I read. Love a thriller, though this one has surprised me as steamy romance & violent revenge are two plots I'd not normally be interested in. Loving the cat-and-mouse complications of this good cop/secret vengeful vigilante relationship & am waiting in anticipation for how that is eventually going to go down if and when it is discovered...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Confinement

Minor: Suicide

ellaticonstellation's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Damn, this book is awesome. Lana is delusional, but I believe that she loves Logan. I can't believe that Lana and Hadley bonded in some way. As usual, this is twisted and a bit scary because of the dark descriptions of how she tortured and killed those men who were horrible people. In a weird and twisted way, I'm glad that she protects helpless people from monsters and has become a scarlet angel. See what I did there? 😂 Anyway, great book Thank you, Stabby✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Torture, Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Bullying, and Violence

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Mainly detail points but i love

how her and Hadleigh are like business associates right now. like she was in the closet and i was getting real anxious on how things would go over. It KILLLS me how all the pieces to the puzzle are layed out in front of him. But it’s like he’s looking at them upside down. I really wan step in and like an piece it together for him ya know. I’m also scared to because i really want them to go live with each other in Greece carefree and happy.

how supportive Jake is throughout the whole book. He’s there for her no matter what. He was willing to throw it all away if that’s what Lana wanted. I think my favorite scene is where she dukes it out with the boogeyman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Misogyny, Gun violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Stalking, Police brutality, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Genocide

theonewheresamreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

Finally 🤩 getting some answers 😋

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, Police brutality, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Biphobia, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, and Torture

wickedgrumpy's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Reaffirming that it likely started out as a Criminal Minds × Dexter fanfiction.

These cliffhangers keep getting me to pick up the next one.  They tease you with part of the riddle being explained and then you have to read to find out how the FBI will discover the rest.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence