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crondeau_yvr's review
adventurous
emotional
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? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
medium-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
3.0
Thane is a POS and I'm so annoyed with this book. Catalina deserves so much better than his dumb ass. I understand that he's going through loss and grief but that doesn't give him the right to be neglectful and borderline abusive towards Catalina. Thane takes too long to start treating Catalina right in my opinion, and it's frustrating as hell.
I don't think book was long enough to address the trauma that Catalina has gone through or the grief that Thane is dealing with. Because of the short length of the book, Thane is an asshole and selfish for 60% - 70% of the book, so basically for most of the book.
He's so carelessthat he ends up giving Catalina "The Bends" at the start of the book. He then locks her in a tower for weeks on end, leaving her in isolation.
For those few weeks she was only fed bread by the tower/kitchen workers because they thought she was purposefully being neglected by Thane and they wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Even though both characters discuss not wanting children, Catalina gets pregnant because he doesn't think about using any form of contraception. Up until the 70% mark, Thane has sexual encounters with Catalina and then he always leaves right afterwards. Leaving her feeling rejected, neglected, and used (like all the other people in her life have already made her feel.)
I would say that this book has an okay amount of spice. I really want more spice in my monster erotica! I would rate this 3 š¶ļø chilies/ out of 5š¶ļø chilies.
Overall this book was really frustrating but the smut was okay so I'm giving it 3 stars out of 5.
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I listened to this audiobook for free on Hoopladigital.com
I don't think book was long enough to address the trauma that Catalina has gone through or the grief that Thane is dealing with. Because of the short length of the book, Thane is an asshole and selfish for 60% - 70% of the book, so basically for most of the book.
He's so careless
For those few weeks she was only fed bread by the tower/kitchen workers because they thought she was purposefully being neglected by Thane and they wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Even though both characters discuss not wanting children, Catalina gets pregnant because he doesn't think about using any form of contraception. Up until the 70% mark, Thane has sexual encounters with Catalina and then he always leaves right afterwards. Leaving her feeling rejected, neglected, and used (like all the other people in her life have already made her feel.)
I would say that this book has an okay amount of spice. I really want more spice in my monster erotica! I would rate this 3 š¶ļø chilies/ out of 5š¶ļø chilies.
Overall this book was really frustrating but the smut was okay so I'm giving it 3 stars out of 5.
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I listened to this audiobook for free on Hoopladigital.com
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
gidgetdraws's review
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Body shaming
myinvinciblesummer's review
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
smuttymcbookface's review
dark
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Body shaming and Trafficking
bopancakes's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Surprisingly enjoyed this book more the I expected since I have a fear of the Ocean and large bodies of water. It helped that Catalina was super relatable, sadly given our shared baggage, also that Thane was hot.
The story was full of comedic moments and enough heat to create its own hot spring. As a Non-Binary person I absolutely love Ramanu with their pronouns, then the introduction of Embry and the Ze/Zir pronouns was amazing! Katee Robert is very quickly becoming a new favourite of mine because her world is just full of LGBTQ+ Love!!
Another thing Iām truly enjoying bout this series is how the author creates these characters that have truely reached a point where a demon deal is potentially the only way out, they have baggage and the creatures have baggage, it definitely helps make the characters more relatable and real. Most importantly the characters meet their respective partners but itās not treated like a āfix it allā situation, they still have baggage and are actively working through that.
Canāt wait to pick up the next book!!
The story was full of comedic moments and enough heat to create its own hot spring. As a Non-Binary person I absolutely love Ramanu with their pronouns, then the introduction of Embry and the Ze/Zir pronouns was amazing! Katee Robert is very quickly becoming a new favourite of mine because her world is just full of LGBTQ+ Love!!
Another thing Iām truly enjoying bout this series is how the author creates these characters that have truely reached a point where a demon deal is potentially the only way out, they have baggage and the creatures have baggage, it definitely helps make the characters more relatable and real. Most importantly the characters meet their respective partners but itās not treated like a āfix it allā situation, they still have baggage and are actively working through that.
Canāt wait to pick up the next book!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abortion and Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy
emmagrace's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
as much as I appreciate that this was a romance between two people who didn't want kids and still don't want kids by the end of the story, that was pretty much the only thing I liked. the main guy/kraken was so terrible to her and the justification is just that she's used to being treated poorly?? I was not a fan, especially not when weighing this against the previous book which was so much better in every aspect.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abortion
angelsfw's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse and Death
mspilesofpaper's review
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I really enjoyed The Dragonās Bride, so I thought that this one would be a good choice as well but I was utterly mistaken.
Aside from an extremely odd pacing and all the baggage that both characters have (loss of his love for Thane, childhood trauma and emotional/mental abuse for Catalina), which would have profited from being a longer story: wtf did the author really think? Thane is extremely cold, distant and stand offish (even for his own people) and leaves Catalina after sex. He basically triggers the harm clause from the contract several times and heās just not loosing his territory because Catalina has no concept of self-preservation.
The book includes an abortion scene, which just happens because Thane forgot about protection. I wish it would have been handled better because itās just put in after they fuck around for over a month (and do relationship stuff), the abortion happens and somehow it triggers their happy end. Of course, the harm clause (which couldāve been triggered apparently because Catalina got pregnant against her will) doesnāt happen because Catalina waves it off again.
Both deserve someone better because I canāt see that pairing work at all.
Aside from an extremely odd pacing and all the baggage that both characters have (loss of his love for Thane, childhood trauma and emotional/mental abuse for Catalina), which would have profited from being a longer story: wtf did the author really think? Thane is extremely cold, distant and stand offish (even for his own people) and leaves Catalina after sex. He basically triggers the harm clause from the contract several times and heās just not loosing his territory because Catalina has no concept of self-preservation.
The book includes an abortion scene, which just happens because Thane forgot about protection. I wish it would have been handled better because itās just put in after they fuck around for over a month (and do relationship stuff), the abortion happens and somehow it triggers their happy end. Of course, the harm clause (which couldāve been triggered apparently because Catalina got pregnant against her will) doesnāt happen because Catalina waves it off again.
Both deserve someone better because I canāt see that pairing work at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abortion, and Abandonment
kaetheluise_nckl's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, and Fatphobia
Minor: Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail
CW provided by author: Abuse/neglect (mental/emotional, parent to child, historical), spousal death (historical, non-graphic, off-page), explicit sex, vomit (non-graphic), pregnancy termination (non-graphic), incidental injuries for magical purposes, grief, body shaming (historical, referenced briefly), reference to age play and to DDlg, slight dollification, use of unconventional gag