Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win a Wager by D.N. Bryn

24 reviews

purplesapphire's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Cheesy but lovely at times. Bring up some serious discussion points too. Pining. Damn, so much mutual pining. I really likes the duel POV. Definitely gonna be reread...a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

sabinehunter's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

nat_kiverse's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, and Alcohol

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

rai_ishardtoplease's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

3.75

“‘Is the hallway floor the best place for this conversation?’

‘Anywhere we are is the best place, I think.’”

Well. That was mildly depressing.

Is this a Thing? I know emotional damage is a hallmark of queer fanfic, but did I somehow miss the memo that this was the dress code for all queer literature? 

(No, really. That’s a genuine question. I could make a career out of staying out of the loop atp)

Oh, and am I the only one questioning the title? I mean, it doesn’t not work. The wager part is a little misleading—unless it’s actually not and I’ve just read way too many shitty hs/college romances—but ig it’s noteworthy enough by the end to warrant referencing. 

But neighbors?

It would take all of 15 minutes to edit that detail out of the story entirely, but that’s what we’re latching onto here??

Idk how I feel about the Vitalis-Barron conflict being left unresolved… but then again, if I had to choose between my queers being happy-enough or somewhat-satisfied-6ft-under, this would be my preferred ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Racism, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Chronic illness refers to vampirism. Racism also (mostly) refers to vampirism.

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

4.0

I read this in an evening and it was exactly the fluff I needed. These two are idiots and I love them for it. I'm so excited there will be another book in this world!

CW: non-consensual biting, blood, violence, medical experimentation, medical content, bigotry, homophobia, death, stalking, kidnapping, alcohol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Outing

Minor: Alcohol

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

tragicgloom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Medical trauma, and Classism

fanboyriot's review

lighthearted 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

Literally two queer disasters falling in love.  It was really cute.  Vincent being such an awkward vampire and Wesley being a chaotic human who was just as awkward made for a dynamic I didn't know I needed to read about until I read it.

I really enjoyed vampire books where the vamps live along with the humans, it's always interesting to see how the worldbuilding will play into that.  The setting was nice too, it really helped with the overall vibe from the book.

While it was fast-paced the romance was a slow burn.  Wesley and Vincent were really cute together and I really liked the idiots in love, friends to lovers, awkward gay panic they had.

Slow Burn
Idiots in Love
Hurt/Comfort
Vampire x Human
Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jennyoli96's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent