Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

31 reviews

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I didn’t dislike this but I didn’t form a connection to one of our 3 main characters which was a problem when it was his chapters because I just didn’t care. We got a lot of Rafe and Lia and found their connection more believable but Kaden always felt like an ancillary character. I did enjoy the mystery of who was who in terms of Kaden/Rafe. Who was the prince and who was the assassin? When I found out I was genuinely surprised! It ended on a fun cliffhanger so I’ll be reading the next and hoping to connect more with Kaden in the next

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Classism

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

My only thoughts: Team Rafe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Ok secret assassin (sent to kill her) vs secret prince (who she was fled before their arranged marriage) love triangle?? The “I was sent to kill you, but fall in love with you” trope! Lots of secrets, and tension. I feel like a lot of people who like ya fantasy/action, battle/war, love triangle types of books would really like this. I enjoyed it, however it took quite a while to get into it. I think I will be continuing with the series. Be warned, it does have shifting POVs, I know some people don’t like that, but personally, in this case, I did like it. I feel like this is very good for the genre. I only didn’t rate it higher because I’m not really wanting to reading books like this right now (I want to read more contemporary romance) that’s just a personal preference. I might enjoy this more and rate it higher when I am in the fantasy reading mood. 
Age rating: maybe 13+, some action/violence/gore

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

barb_christensen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment

carolibrary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault

sophie_theresia_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

I did really enjoy the story although I must say, the middle part was too slow paced for me. Nothing really happened that couldn't have been explained in less pages yet still being understandable for the plot! 

I really enjoyed not knowing who is the prince and who is the assassin till far into the story though because when I tell you just HOW wrong I was guessing all the time!

Apart from the middle part k really enjoyed it and I'm curious as to see where the next book is gonna go!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Animal death and War