Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - Forced Bonds

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Content Warnings: sexual content, violence, blood, gore, body horror, death, murder, torture, kidnapping, and war.
Mention of: death of parent[s], toxic relationships, toxic friendships, child abuse, child sexual assault, and alcoholism.

Holy crap, by early afternoon I'd hit about 50% so I decided to do a bunch of house cleaning...then when I go to lay down last night I decide to finish the book...and that ending!

This book had me all kinds of emotional and desperate to start book 5.

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liliana_b's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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iben_flor's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

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kenna__suan's review

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emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.0

i’m so confused rn… i have a lot of questions: why are there so many ppl? why do these characters feel so flat or half assed? wtf is happening? and also why tf is nothing ever happening either?

***sidenote: based on the last couple books the author definitely could’ve portrayed a tortured broody male character without the misogynistic overtones***

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bangiebangs's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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

3.75

I liked the story progression here - there is lots going on, and we finally learn more about the Resistance (except... what exactly they are resisting against? Still not clear to me).
The rest of the bonds get completed here, though one is with... very very questionable consent (on both sides). Consent is kind of implied, but bonding also happens under pressure for one of the participants. I'm not a fan of this... even if it works out in the end. But part of the story is that this coupling is messed up for reasons that predate the events in the books.

The small comments about body size are happening again (in all the books, and I dislike them a lot), and the more we learn about bonds the more they are all hetero somehow? Like... where are the central bonds that are bonded to people of different genders? Why is this all so straight? I feel like that's wasted potential in this universe.

Am already reading the next one and will finish the series, but these basic problems run throughout (occasional fuzzy consent, heteronormativity (even if yes, there is a token gay character), body image). The plot itself is interesting and I'm enjoying the twists, though. Also, the spice is pretty good, would give a 4/5 (esp recommend if you like multiple participants, I just wish they would also interact with each other, not just the MFC, because again, wasted potential...)

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ka_ke's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

Ummm what? Ok, thank god Oli finally bonds with Gabe, the poor boy was being left in the friend zone for way too long. But are we just gonna ignore what happened with Riley and Giovanna?? What about Sage? Also the ending needs to change asap.

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