Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Abel by Katee Robert

10 reviews

ab7902's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual content

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-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

4.5

This was a cool read, absolutely on the darker side, with good purpose at its heart. Abel wants to make sure his family is able to safely return to Sabine Valley and that they are in a position where danger won't as easily find them. I appreciate that this one strayed away from a dubious consent. It looked like that might be the case, but they did it in a way where they were sure that everyone wanted to proceed. For sure a fun read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

snapplejuice's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

flyingryndeer's review

dark

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Torture

Minor: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

shaipanda's review

hopeful tense medium-paced

3.75

This book was probably somewhere in the middle of my opinion on Katee Roberts books I’ve read but I liked it overall - did a pretty good job redeeming Eli throughout the book but just felt like it felt pretty long for what it was (or maybe I was just looking for essentially a smut book and didn’t want a book that had as much plot as this had but idk lol) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Medical content, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

jlaz_13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Gun violence

catchmereadingnotsleeping's review

fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Confinement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

madamepincers's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gun violence

qace90's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Oh my gosh!!! I have been looking forward to this book since I first heard about it (triads! marriage of convenience! friends to enemies to lovers! gimme it all!!!) and it absolutely did not disappoint! Abel, Eli, and Harlow are all so messy, especially Abel and Eli when it comes to their shared history. I cannot wait for more, especially after that teaser for Broderick in the back! So excellent!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Ableism

Cancer mention, injury, death of parent in past

petudc's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.0

Its safe to say i mostly read Dark Romances when they come from Katee Robert's mind. Because this is what I like to read:
-Romantic relationships that only succeed when they have good communication and that don't shy away from what they want and what they need.
-Relationships where everyone gets to be an individual and make their own choices, and also is valued for their uniqueness.
-Revenge plots that should make no sense but are awesome nevertheless and are completely believable in the context.
-And so much hate to love, and hate while love, without developing into something toxic or abusive.
So, you know, this book.

After eight years of exile, the seven Paine brothers are back in Sabine Valley for revenge. Abel, the older brother, fights in this ritual-combat-traditional-thing and wins Brides for he and each one of his brothers. They are temporary brides and they can't be forced beyond the handfasting, so it's cool and it ensures peace between factions, at least for the year.
So, Abel ends up with Eli, his former best friend who betrayed him, and Harlow, Eli's wife, as Brides. Because of revenge.
Theres a lot of tension, a lot of conversations, and a lot of "I'm going to kill you but first I'm going to fuck you".
I was so stressed while reading this book! I knew there was going to be a happy ending, but for the most part I couldn't see how! Until I could, and it was awesome.

4.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse and Torture