Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Inevitable by Shain Rose

5 reviews

crystalmackey's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Racism

culzean's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

tabbyclancy's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Have you ever been so frustrated with a book you had to put it down and cool off? And not because it was riddled with errors or poorly written - because you were so incredibly mad at the characters. Characters mired in angst as a couple and individually. It was need to throw things level of frustrating. Want to scream at two people who aren't even real to get their sh*t together, frustrating. It was the most slow burn happily for now that I've ever read.

I don't mean slow burn to the 'spice' either. That's hot and heavy, there to make you wonder how they're so sh*t at communicating when they can do that so fluently.

Domestic Violence does feature in this book. And DV always hits me hard. Abusive parent and the parent who looks the other way - where one knows they always have the power. Where they know they only have to say one, ONE, word to make you topple - those people and characters make me want to scream. So the catharis that Aubrey felt facing her father was euphoric and the crash when he ripped the rug from under her again was equally infuriating.

Part of me wishes we had more of Jax's pov, to make things on his side a little more clear cut and soften the punches as they hit. Then again, I realky just wanted to shake that man and ask him how he thought this was a good idea.

10/10 spice scene. But the emotional moments in between are heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse

kellydarla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5

I'm just gonna say it... She should have ended up with

Jay

This is like full blown Stockholm syndrome. And Jax is just an asshole. I like my broody men but this was just... I hated him. Maybe that was enough to give it the extra half star. 

A lot going on in this book. The banter, the relationships are good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

TW: domestic abuse, child abuse, toxic relationship all very graphically described. 

This book is tied for the most toxic relationship I’ve ever seen in a romance novel. It would be flat-out number 1 if the characters didn’t all acknowledge the toxicity of it, and I’d like to believe that counts for something. That said I do love a good “two fucked up people coming together” story and this is a pretty damn good one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, and Mental illness