Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

16 reviews

folkofthebook's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was an excellent choice to pull me out of a book slump. Dark paranormal romance with enemies to lovers & fated mates tropes. Off the bat, we get the Lore, a catalog of the paranormal creatures of this universe, ranging from vampires to Lykae to Valkyrie and others.   I was immediately enthralled by the characters’ journeys, the lore, and the politics between the groups in contradiction to the couplings we begin to see. My only complaint is the book does seem to wrap up pretty neatly after I had expected an overarching plot through the series, but I’m guessing each book will feature different couples. I’ll certainly be picking up the next installment. 

Spice: 4/5 (2 words: blood blowjob)
Check TWs (dubcon)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Infertility

eiraecoslett's review

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

becksreads's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood and Violence

oddsoul's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Sexual assault/violence:

The hero hunts for the heroine because she’s his mate, finds her and chases her, then forces her to take him back to her hotel room. He sort of threatens to rape her multiple times throughout the book, and forces his touch on her when she says she doesn’t want it and coerces her into touching him. There is no actual rape, however.

Torture / Confinement:

The hero was imprisoned by enemies and forced to endure prolonged torture by fire. There isn’t a lot of description in the book.

Violence:

The hero severs his own leg in order to escape imprisonment. Also, there are multiple scenes with vampire dismemberment and beheadings.

lanorton's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

3/5 spice 5/5 characters. 
Honestly loved this book. It has good explicit scenes. no consent issues but some rougher but consentual scenes. 
Character growth is great growth but not change the characters. 
Trigger warning This has virginity and mate bond stuff

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Confinement

anidharker's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

 I started reading after listening to the full readalong by the Fated Mates podcast, and knowing all the big spoilers did not lessen my enjoyment of this book even a little bit.
Excepting a few scenes, which I'd like to think would not be Like That had this book been written more recently. For those scenes from the beginning, he most certainly Did Not Grovel Enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Gore