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Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

37 reviews

cbrew's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism

anasc007's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, Slavery, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Torture

abby_blackbeak's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I liked the romance in this book, it was very well done; if a bit unoriginal. But the plot, the big problem in the book was not something I was entirely comfortable reading. Defiant check the content warnings. I also found the world building lacking but i didn’t really mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

crystallis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

This book is ok, but the saga doesn’t wake up my interest. 

Rhapsodic was predictable, it truly was. Also it was kind of vague with its explanations.

But at the end of the day, it has good pacing and I devoured it in less than a day.

The past story between both of the protagonists was making me mad  at times. Every time the girl asked for a bargain I wished I was there to tell her “girl, please stop”.

The present story was alright, basic, but alright. I felt like I had read it before.

The autor does a great job at using back and fourth between timelines and it makes the relationship between them interesting. I liked the way the sexual tension was build up.

The problematic was weak and it was resolved with an even weaker explanations.

I know I sound like a hater, but none of what I mentioned change my experience with the book. As I said before, I devoured it and enjoyed it.

I liked that our main girl was a siren, I thought she had cool powers and was a badass at her job.

Sadly I’m not motivated enough to follow the series.

The spice is good tho, those are extra points.

Read you all later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Toxic relationship

juliette_95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Gore

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

regnistegra's review against another edition

65% of the way through this book and giving up on it. The story concept is interesting, but the writing style is not for me. In particular, every time I read a passage with Temper (the Black best friend) I am taken out of the story because of what a cartoonish portrayal of a Black woman this white woman writer has created. It’s awful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Rape

bookstorebinge's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, and Toxic relationship