Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

21 reviews

noodlesny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Cursing

There's an unorthodox minor/adult relationship. It's not the standard type of disturbing of, say, a 30 yr old 'dating' a 16 yr old. It's a similar theme that comes up in certain anime at times, if you're familiar with those. It wasn't enough to make me stop reading but I was definitely uncomfortable with it and kept thinking about it throughout the reading.

So there was a 16 year old and a hundreds of years old immortal being that's in a teenaged body. This felt icky to me bc even though they did present and interact with the minor as a fellow teenager, they had the literal mind of a multi century old adult. They even mentioned them dating a present character's dead grandparent in the past. It's just weird.

gen_nh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

First couple of chapters were a bit slow for my preference but it picked up quickly after that and the relaxed and matter of fact way sexuality/race/gender is approached is great to read. Non of those factors were defining parts of the characters and were just naturally part of them. 

I loved the mix of tense action and emotional moments, and the mythology mixed with real life was really well executed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Gun violence

jessereadsthings's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Not perfect, but an intriguing start to a series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Kidnapping

guessgreenleaf's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Murder, Kidnapping, and Grief

tors_tomes's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Stalking, and Kidnapping

michelles_book_nook's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

5.0

⚠️ CW: parental death, murder and kidnapping ⚠️ Wow this book really took me by surprise and was such an easy 5⭐️ as well as being one of my favourite books I've read so far this year! This book follows a young adopted Brooklyn teen called Briseis who has a secret gift, she can grow an apple tree from seed in a heartbeat and flowers bloom at her touch but she's always had to be extra careful with her magic. Yet when she inherits an old house from her aunt she suddenly has the privacy to test her powers for the first time ever. But as she starts to work her magic to bring the rambling grounds of her birth family home back to life she finds out she has also inherited generations of secrets including a hidden garden that is overgrown with the world's most deadly poisonous plants. And as she begins to investigate more she discovers the true extent of the dark legacy that lies in wait for her. This book had me hooked from the very beginning! It's an intoxicating mix of fantasy and greek mythology all intricately weeved into a compelling coming of age story about knowing where you come from and stepping into your power as well as being filled with amazing LGBTQ+ and bipoc representation. I honestly couldn't put this book down and stayed awake all night reading it. I absolutely loved the characters and how they grew throughout the book, especially Bri and Marie. I could rave about this book all day but it's tough without dropping spoilers so all I will say is if you're into YA fantasy and greek mythology then you need to read this book. Overall, I cannot recommend this read highly enough and don't be surprised if you see this in my top 10 reads at the end of the year! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

diamondpwrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Cursing, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Violence

benezorus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Body horror

qraveline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Gun violence