Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Laurent and the Beast by K.A. Merikan

5 reviews

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

leahkarge's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

readers_pov's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

✒️ This was my first touch at reading anything related to bikergangs, and from K. A. Merikan. It made me immediately buy a few more. It was hot! Opposites attract type paranormal gay adult romance ❤️‍🔥

✒️ It is fascinating to read how both have their insecurities and how those clash. The relationship between these two is kind of forced, but they keep working on it. There are a lot of misunderstandings and fights and I do enjoy the fact that they fight - every couple fights sometimes. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, there is ulterior motives, there's limiting circumstances. And ultimately, they both have a choice.

✒️ It is quite entertaining reading about how Laurent learns to live in the present. I think Laurent's character is successfully written as someone from the past thrown into the future and having no clue sbout anything. 

✒️ The plot could have been more complex. The devil aspect was a bit weak - it could have been explored further. And the final showdown felt lackluster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Homophobia

ingloriousgigi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

It's been a minute since I read dark romance and I have had this author on my tbr for a while.  So I decided to listen to the audiobook and it was so good. The voice acting was awesome, the story was excellent, and the spice was fantastic. I went into this book blind not even checking out TW and do not recommend you doing that. Because it's REALLY dark. But I overall enjoyed this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia

l_ander's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia