Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian

9 reviews

ecmsquared's review

3.0

Sebastian handles the subject of sexual abuse and trauma much more deftly than I ever expected a romance novelist to. Kudos! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Outing, Sexual assault, and Rape

analenegrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny fast-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

3.5

I read the first and third of this series before this one, so it was so nice to get an insight into Hartley and his life. I liked Sam, and I liked all of the side characters as well. I thought Sebastian did a decent job of handling an interracial gay relationship in the nineteenth century but in the end it still felt a bit fantastical simply due to the time period. 

Same as in Ben's book (the first in the series), I thought the characters moved to quickly in their relationship; I personally don't like books where they say I love you after a month of knowing each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Racism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

purplepenning's review

emotional hopeful

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Blood, Cursing, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, Drug use, Addiction, and Animal cruelty

Police harassment

littlewishling's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Cat Sebastian is a genuis and this is another masterpiece. I absolutely adored every single character (but mostly Sam). Just amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

taelights's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I liked this story even better than the first Seducing the Sedgwicks novel. It was better written and paced than the first one in my opinion. I loved the depth of both of the main characters and getting to read how they fell in love. I honestly thought their relationship was super beautiful and cute plus their sex scenes were so sexy and full of emotion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death and Death of parent

riahwamby's review

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

emily_mh's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.5

I’m not surprised that I ended up enjoying this instalment in Seducing the Sedgwicks. This series is quickly becoming a comfort read of mine. I really appreciated that in this one, Sebastian didn’t shy away from the trauma and racism that the two main characters experienced. Also, ALL the characters felt wonderfully real. I particularly loved the sibling relationship between Hartley and Will. Finally, there was more of a plot in this book than in It Takes Two To Tumble, which I liked. My one criticism is that Sam deserved more of a character arc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Cursing, Outing, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Abortion, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Ableism, Mental illness, Grief, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

eitheror's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Pedophilia

Minor: Racism

lauriereadslohf's review

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

It all starts with the search for a missing nudie painting . . . 

This was such a warm, sweet and gentle romance. There’s a little miscommunication and struggling of the feelings and getting over past hurts but nothing overly angsty and overly complicated. Thank the loard because I didn’t want any of those things when I picked this up after having just finished a grueling read. There’s a little mystery of the paintings which fizzles a bit but that didn’t bother me at all. This story was just right for me at this point in time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pedophilia