Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Reckless by Elsie Silver

64 reviews

beckyremillard's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

strawberrysunrise's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Classism

amandab0514's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

alex_bousquet's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage and Toxic relationship

hanreadssbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

“theo dale silva has wormed his way into my heart, and i never stood a chance at keeping him out.”

theo and winter are so perfect together that it almost hurts. 

winter, although she has her insecurities and doubts about herself, is so strong and determined, especially where vivi is concerned. she loves her little girl more than anything in the world, and it was so precious seeing vivi grow up. despite her rocky relationship with her sister and everything that’s been thrown at her, winter comes out on top and makes something of herself, all while theo stands by her side and supports her through it all. 

theo is so, so dedicated to what he does and who he loves, especially vivi. as soon as she came into his life, he dedicated his time to proving himself to both his daughter and, as he would put it, his future wife. seeing what he did for vivi and winter melted my heart, and i could feel his love for them throughout the entire book. 

such a sweet and emotional read that had me giggling, kicking my feet, and nearly crying (sometimes all at the same time).

★ small town
★ he falls first 
★ one night stand
★ grumpy x sunshine   
★ surprise pregnancy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

shadowbaby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

sebradley29's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Medical trauma, and Stalking

emmieb98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

isabelvegga's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

«“Te vivo.”
It’s better than “I love you” It’s more accurate.
It’s us.» 🤠🧡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Miscarriage

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

I wanted to read this book because Elsie Silver is adored all over the book community. I have been enjoying this series and the Rose Hill series and the Gold Rush series. This year for me Elsie Silver has been my top read author. I wanted to know more about Winter and Theo from the snippet we’ve seen in the last book. I hate pregnancy tropes, but this one was done differently. 

This book has two points of view. The first is Winter Hamilton and she is sick of her life. She is working at the same hospital as her estranged husband who groomed her younger sister and her mother who is wanting her to stay with the perfect husband. All that Winter wants to do is get the hell away, so she decides to post the divorce letters to her husband and go and see her sister in Chestnut Springs. She wants to rebuild a relationship with the one person who cares about her. She has sworn off men entirely, but when she arrives in Chestnut Springs, all she sees when she looks back is temptation served up with a heap of heartbreak. The second point of view is Theo Silva. He is a rowdy bull rider and a notorious ladies’ man. He is scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package and he wants Winter Hamilton even if everyone thinks of her as an ice-cold queen. Theo can be persistent and likes a challenge. He is determined to get under the icy exterior and to pull apart her defences. Over a drink in a small-town bar, Winter blurts out her deepest and darkest secrets. Then they spent one hot night together. They agree to keep it as a one-time thing and to forget it ever happens. It was supposed to be simple and a one-time thing, but the little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep in this small-town. Theo is determined to live up to his father’s expectations but now does he want to be the hot-shot bull-rider or stay in the small town and be a father and co-parent with a woman he had a one-night stand with.  

I love how addictive the sport romances can be, the bull-riding aspect was so addictive, I was rooting for Theo from page one. The book was so fun and flirty, and I loved that Theo didn’t give up and that he could see past the icy exterior from Winter and was willing to prove that he would be a good dad to Viv. I loved how the romance grew between Theo and Winter and how they were both just trying to ignore their feelings, but they just couldn’t. I still adore the Eaton family, if they would like to adopt me that would be fantastic because I love their family dynamic and how Harvey just has no filter whatsoever. Theo came back to town, was sat next to Winter and staring all lovingly at Viv and Harvey’s just like “Christ, this family doesn’t pay attention, and Theo is Viv’s dad” and then the whole table just went quiet and laughed. I loved Theo’s mum and how she practically adopted Winter and said that even though her and Theo aren’t together she is family. I loved the little details of Theo wanting to look after Viv and to let Winter have a girl's night and to just have time alone, but also trying to make her feel special. I loved that Rob finally got the kick in the balls though I would have loved for someone to have kicked him in the ball preferably Summer to kick him in the balls.  

This is the first pregnancy trope where it isn’t the focus, but you knew what was going to happen when Theo and Winter had sex within the first six chapters. My main issue was the fact that Theo was stupid as hell especially coming to the baby. The whole time you hear she’s Theo’s twin, surely Theo heard through his family that Winter had a kid, wouldn’t you think to send her a text especially with the fact that after they met, he rang his mum and was like I've found my wife? Surely you would be like is everything okay? Congrats on the child, you know open a line of communication. Theo was nearly perfect, but he took a while to warm up to me. 

I will carry on saying this until Elsie hopefully writes one, but I want a Harvey book please whether it’s a prequel or a current day showing him finding love later in life. I just want a book from Harvey point of view because he is one of my favourite characters like ever.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail