Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

415 reviews

booksoversecondbreakfast's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Torture, and Abandonment

paigekrug45's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense 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

4.5

The book pulls you in right at the beginning but to me, after that initial bang, it grows a little stale for a little bit  thengets pretty good again after 100 pages. There's extensive world building and interesting characters. Can't wait to get my hands on the next one in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

eloharay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

Great story, and it was fun to come up with theories on what was going on throughout the book. Slow burn romance that turned inferno. The author did a great job of tying up lose ends and questions I had throughout the book in the last 1/4 while still keeping it interesting.  No cliffhanger, but created enough interest in finding out what happens next for me to immediately want to pick up the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

hanschub's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

i was super unsure about this book to start but when i got about halfway, i couldn’t put it down. i used every excuse to read (and finish) this book because i enjoyed it so much. i knocked half a star off of my rating because i thought some “plot twists” were a little predictable, but other than that, i loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

goldenleafbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Mental illness, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Colonisation, Gore, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy

amandam71's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

A very average romantasy book. The characters were intriguing, and the spice was well done. The plot twist was obvious, and the lore was a bit convoluted.  I couldn’t get past the typos and colloquial writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, and Blood

gcjay1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

Didn’t dislike it as much as I thought I would. It was enjoyable in some parts, some it’s just eh. Some spicy scenes, but I’m also not one for books that hang their hat on just having spicy material to get people to read. I think the plot will be more prevalent in the next one? Interested enough to listen to book 2, not sure on the whole series yet. We’ll have to see!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Confinement, Physical abuse, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

jaga326's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Physical abuse

courtneylmal's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Body shaming, Child abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Child death

if_books_be_the_food_of_love's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book! Armentrout has a wonderful writing style and I was immediately drawn into both the world and the characters. There’s a decent amount of world building but it’s not overly complex once you’re into the book. 

The Maiden is selected by the Gods and from birth her life is not her own. Due to Ascend before the Gods, Poppy is resistant. She doesn’t understand what the ascension entails, nor does she want. And yet, Poppy is a not just the Maiden. She is a person; with her own desires and dreams. 

And when guard Hawke comes into her life she finds him impossible to resist. It’s forbidden to touch the Maiden. Yet the Maiden herself burns for his touch. 

When tragedy strikes the castle in the form of the Atlantians and the Craven (a vampiric race who are enemies of the Ascended, and a lesser race who no longer control their own minds and have sucumbed to blood lust), Poppy is summoned by the Queen to the capital. Hawke accompanies her, and on the way Poppy discovers he is not what he seems. 

Can she still love him when she discovers his true identity? Or is their relationship doomed from the start?

I ordered book 2 soon after starting this book as it was so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Physical abuse