Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert

69 reviews

casdelvo's review

emotional tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

xxkatastrophe's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Pregnancy, and War

magic_multicolored_miracle's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

A surprisingly, and wonderfully, emotional chapter in the "Deal with a Demon" series. Thane and Catalina are flawed: cranky and bad at communication and hurting from pasts that they refuse to address, but they find kindred spirits somewhere in the midst of their sexual encounters, leading to a heartwarming end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Abortion

clairm_night28's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

It's a sweet but steamy read. Thane is a grieving widower (and king of krakens....yes there are some hot tentacles involved) and Catalina a human woman with deep emotional trauma. Catalina was such a fresh take on the traumatized FMC and I wish this was a full fledged novel. I would have enjoyed seeing her develop more than the pacing allowed. I only rated a 3.5 because although the author handled some heavy content well I felt jipped by a rushed ending because it wasn't longer. Take that with a grain of salt (i really wish it was longer than 176 pages)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

re_do_876's review

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abortion

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

giasbookhaven's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

Ehhhh. I want to know more about these demon contracts but I found the FMC in this book to be over the top. I know she had insecurities and was traumatized but her expecting to be treated a certain way did not measures up how she acted to make things worse in my opinion. I know character flaws are important for growth but the MMC's character arc was handled better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

smartcookiesca's review

emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abortion

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

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graceheartsbooks's review

4.75

Wow. I was not expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. Catalina and Thane were such interesting characters and I loved getting to see them navigating a relationship together. I especially appreciate how this book discussed self esteem and grief as it’s two subjects I’m intimately aware of. It broke my heart to hear Catalina dismiss all the hardships she had gone through—how no one in her life thought she was good enough or worthy just by being herself. But that made her coming to realization that she is a person that should be valued was even sweeter. I also loved how Thane’s grief over his husband was discussed. Grief is ever present, ever changing but it doesn’t stop anybody from moving forward and continuing to love—even knowing that they may continue to love the person that they lost…I just completely adored this book. I took a short break to have dinner but was hooked the whole way through❣️

Also bonus points for this book being pro-choice and actually allowing a childless character to not want kids. It feels like a lot of romance novels have pregnancy be the end all be all even for characters that declare they don’t want children which to me, as a sex repulsed asexual who wants to adopt children, I find it particularly insulting. So this was such a breath of fresh air!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, and War

emilysbooksandbakes's review

3.75

Every now and then you just need a quick, short read with tentacles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment