Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

37 reviews

margaret_k30's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Grief

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Hate crime, Death of parent, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Ableism, and Self harm

20sidedbi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Violence, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Abandonment, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Grief, Self harm, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

sir_melons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Stalking, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

znrtr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Gore, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Minor: Self harm

micaelacccc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Vincent has been sneaking into Wesley's house to bite him at night because his blood tastes so good he can't stay away. Wesley needs a vampire to hand in to a shady pharmaceutical company which experiments on vampires. Wesley wants the access to get information about his mother's disappearance after she signed up for one of the drug trials, but as he gets to know Vincent he starts seeing him as a person rather than just a means to an end. Vincent doesn't trust Wesley enough to confide that he's sleeping rough, hounded by someone who hates him for being a vampire and starts spreading that information to make his life impossible. The vampire hunters who work for the pharmaceutical company use classist tactics to make it impossible for vampires to live stable lives, then further take advantage of the precarity caused by being unhoused and unemployed to further the fear of vampires due to their diet. 

HOW TO BITE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND WIN A WAGER has a self-contained and very satisfying story, featuring a slow exploration of the boundaries between "liking someone who is a vampire" and having a vampire fetish. The romance builds slowly, held back for a while by mutual distrust and fascination which eventually turns into passion. I get very stressed out by stories where at least one of the characters in a relationship is lying, but this was handled in a way that meant I was able to finish the story without being too stressed to keep reading. I like a lot of things about how this was handled, from the worldbuilding sneaking in info about how vampires have existed for hundreds of years (or longer), to Wesley's long-distance best friend who can provide emotional support but can't solve the logistical problems. A lot of excellent storytelling decisions were involved, and I had a great time reading this.

I'm pretty sure one of the minor characters is the protagonist of the next book, but even if I'm wrong, there are some pretty big things that Vincent and Wesley weren't able to handle which could be addressed in future books. I'm looking forward to the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Confinement, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical trauma, Homophobia, Excrement, and Medical content

kimduindam's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

it was kinda obvious that his mother was a vampire. I don't know how Wes didn't see that. But I kind of hoped that she was still alive and Wes would be reunited with her.

I loved this book and couldn't put it away. It's 01:35 at night and I just finished it. 
I will read the second book too, but not right now. 

Content warnings: Sexual content. there is only one detailed sex scene in this book and it is the bonus scene on the end, so if you don't like to read spice you can still read this book and just not read the bonus scene. There are some more scenes throughout the book talking about sex and getting horny but nothing detailed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent