Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Lilac by B.B. Reid

15 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Infidelity, Suicide, Alcohol, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content

gabrielle_d20's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

lilyemmaaa's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Abortion

lasafica_reads's review

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

kat1105's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Suicide

charlynlynlyn's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

bookwxrmvictoria's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Bullying, Drug use, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Injury/Injury detail

tianabooks's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

I had a complicated journey with this book. I picked this up because I've been in a big RH binge and, even more so, rockstar romances tend to almost always work for me.

The beginning was anticipated and I immediately appreciated how headstrong Braxton was; the clash between her and the guys brought a lot of tension and created interesting banter. I mean, the dudes were awful to her at first but we all know this was going to change eventually. Although there seemed to be an 'insta-lust' component, it didn't really bother me. The more mature scenes were done well; a lot of steam and multiple explicit scenes. I liked the synesthetic part - it was an interesting take on the condition and the descriptions were done well. The significance of the title was pretty sweet as well as well as the epilogue! An epilogue after some time, beautiful.

The issues for me were more dynamic and structure based. Even though there are three (3) guys, emphasis seemed to be primarily on one of them, with the other two feeling more like extra features instead of solid parts of the 'harem' dynamic. For example, the large conflict at the later part of the book revolved around that guy. On top of it, we got the backstory of one of the guys at the 90% point of the book, AFTER the resolution of the twist/main issue. It didn't feel as significant at that point, which is a sad thing to say because it was pretty serious. There was SO much miscommunication, lack of willingness to discuss anything, tantrums thrown by multiple characters. It became a tad bit 'too much'. 
I would've also liked to see more of the concert atmosphere, the audience vibes, the adrenaline rush since it is a rockstar-romance book. But that is a more personal preference. 

In general, the writing was good and I know there are people who loved this, which is absolutely fine! I just had some issues with it. :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

toxic religious community

bbygirl21's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow this was a pretty heavy book. Each one of the characters had something happen in their past which makes them somewhat "broken" in a way. Which I think makes them connect on a deeper level.

I really enjoyed seeing the ups and down of all their relationships and seeing the three guys start connecting again. I think Braxton is just what Houston, Loren, and Jericho (Rich) needed to make them come together again as friends.

Braxton is a very strong independent and badass woman who took none of the crap the guys through at her. She gave as good as she got. And I guess that could stem from the past abuse she got from her parents and their church. 

I'm glad Braxton was able to get out of that life once she had come of age where she didn't have to listen to her parents anymore.

The ending of this story couldn't have been more perfect. This was a very beautiful and sexy read. I highly enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Misogyny, Stalking, Bullying, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Abortion

Child marriage (both teenagers)

miriameckl's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.0

Not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness