Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

36 reviews

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

gkerstetter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

I was looking for a good Persephone and Hades story and saw this. I knew nothing going into this book and it was much more spicy than I expected. That being said I throughly enjoyed it and read the whole book in one night (I did stay up till 2:00am to finish it). There were a few grammatical errors and typos but they did not interrupt the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

abbylee28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief

buckaroo97's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder

looseleafellie's review against another edition

This adult romance modern Hades and Persephone retelling has Persephone fleeing to Olympus’s Lower City to escape a marriage to Zeus. There, she makes a bargain with Hades: he’ll keep her safe for the winter, and then she’ll escape Olympus for good. But the growing feelings between them make Persephone second-guess her plans …

I assumed this would be a fantasy romance, but it’s more of a dystopia. There isn’t much magic, but the system of government in the city of Olympus is set up to mimic the gods of Mount Olympus, which was super interesting to me.

I thought Persephone and Hades had great physical chemistry — it helps that Hades is a consent king! Unfortunately, the romance felt too insta-love-y for me. After a few days together, Hades was like, “this woman has changed my life!” and I just didn’t buy that. I also felt the general pacing was a bit wonky.

Overall, I would recommend this book if you’re looking for spice with the flavor of an interesting world and the hurt/comfort trope, but not so much if you’re looking for a tight plot or slow-burn angst.

Spice level: Graphic

CWs: Emotional abuse, sexual harassment, gun violence, blood, eating disorder, mention of parent death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Eating disorder, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

arianna_99's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I liked it but, come on, how is it possibile that they are in love after just a month? And after a day they are already f*cking like they know each other from ever.

I would have loved this book if it wasn't so unrealistic, but it deserves 5 stars undoubtedly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence and Eating disorder

venetiana's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and War

alanafiuza's review against another edition

relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

Writing style ★★★
Worldbuilding ★★
Characters ★★
Romance ★★
Smut ★★★

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

strawberrybex's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

um 😳 this was good. the vibe of like. this is a fucked up sexy scenario but also it’s explicitly clear that these are consensual encounters and there isn’t a power imbalance is soooooo good. um. i had a good time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

zivaxreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War