Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods

22 reviews

stephanieviolet's review

By chapter 5 I was really exhausted by the repetition of: biting inside of her cheek, desperate to feel free, how dirty and worn thin her clothes are, the bruises and pain inflicted upon her by her abusers. Chapter. FIVE. It was intense. I felt like by then the plot should be moving forward but it just keep repeating the SAME PHRASES and SAME CIRCUMSTANCES to make you feel pity for the MC. By chapter five I wanted her to die to just end the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Sexual assault

tired_cicada's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Lost half a star for the use of the nickname

Little one

for the love interest. Such an ick particularly when

he literally had another nickname for her!!! “My star”? Amazing! Just use that instead of infantilizing her

The plot has potential, I’ll try out book two and see if there is any pay off. The plot twist in this was laughably obvious. Like it was actually painful y’all. 

Lots of shock value deaths that did nothing to the plot. “Oh no my brother died HORRIBLY let me be upset about that for six seconds and then move on to how good this rando I met in a barn looks naked” like, girl!

Furthermore why is EVERYONE so weird and possessive? about the fmc’s body, her knowledge, everything. Everybody wants to keep this girl in a cage!

The mmc (I listened to this book so I don’t know how to spell their names, deal with it) goes on and on about how he gave her choice like that is such a gracious thing to do…. We’ll forget that the entire time they were traveling he was all “I’ll wait until you’re begging for it, but it’s totally inevitable that you’ll come to me. And also I won’t let you be with anyone else if you don’t pick me” yeah, total freedom there pal thanks

Was this great? Nah. Was it entertaining enough? Yeah. 

Had nice line writing, and had the possibility for some fun world building if it goes that direction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

toriajohnson14's review

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book was great, I’m recommending it to all my friends! It has captivated me with the fun banter between the FMC and her counterpart, and I love the twist at the end. I think people will thing the twist was predictable but honestly I thought they were foreshadowing toward a different twist so it still really held me until the end of the book. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Blood, and Cursing

lisaloveslions's review against another edition

adventurous dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Pedophilia

nesta98's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

So many spelling mistakes? Also

I knew who Caelum was from the get go, it really could have been concealed better. I will say I enjoyed the reveal and the filth left me gobsmacked!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kat1105's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

dovahkiin_freyja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Sexual violence

Minor: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

emma97louise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent and Violence

featheredhope's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Death of parent

cookie1121's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship