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jackiepreston's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual content, Body horror, and Animal cruelty
cluckieduck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.5
So, I don’t know if I missed the memo, but this was totally not what I expected in a BDB-adjacent novel. I was reading expecting your typical PNR-style story, but this is much more of an Urban Fantasy novel from J.R Ward, and I’m not complaining! I mean, I was initially - because it took until 68% before we got some hanky panky action - but that’s because I was expecting PNR!
Anyways, now that I’ve gotten over that, I think I actually enjoyed the read. The story has good bones, though it was a bit rushed at the end. This is not a “one and done” couple - the book is set up for Lydia & Daniel’s storyline to continue into the next book and I’m interested to see where it takes us, especially with the links to Xhex & the sympath colony.
Graphic: Suicide, Cursing, Sexual content, Gun violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cancer, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
unsarahble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent
brennaa's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Abandonment
amy_harboredinpages's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Looking forward to Book#2 Summer 2022!🥰
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Torture
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Infertility
geekygraceelyse's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
“I’m not scared”
“Maybe you should be. Wolves are wild animals. Their rules are their own.”
“Unless you tell me to go,” he said in a husky voice, “I’m going to kiss you.”
As Lydia stared up into his face, they both knew what she wanted. What she needed. Still, she kept them on the edge for a heartbeat or two.
“I don’t want you to leave.”
“The pair of them had hopeful expressions on their faces, as if they were trying to appeal to her better nature—which was a joke because she didn’t really have one.
Well, except when it came to . . . well, the two fighters who stood in front of her.”
“I wonder if there’s a plumbing deity somewhere out there I can pray to.”
“You want me to build you a shrine to Drano?”
“Will you?”
I have an excerpt from the book up on my blog as part of the Social Butterfly PR Blog Tour, you can check it out here: https://wordsarelifereviews.wixsite.com/mysite/post/review-excerpt-claimed-by-j-r-ward
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Blood and Murder
Minor: Cancer