Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

9 reviews

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: War, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

juanat77's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Death, Infidelity, Child death, Body shaming, Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

lindseybarnett's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Child death, and Chronic illness

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

I've finally realized what makes a romance a good book for me.  It's when the book deals with issues outside the quest for the "right guy." This book does that by dealing with the protagonist's lifetime of emotional abuse, her recovery from it, and ultimately figuring out what she wants her life to look like.  
Throw in a touch of magic and plenty of humor, and I'm a fan.  And I learned how a male should properly take a picture of a "special" area in a laugh-out-loud scene!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Sexual content

emiliekroboth's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

The book It Ends With Us wanted to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, and Alcohol

infjkiki's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

marioosa517'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Cursing, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Violence, Infertility, and Child death

purplepenning'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? No

4.25

A scoop of passionate connection, a cup of trauma recovery, a healthy helping of wit and hijinks, and just a dash of subtle magic. 

Alexis Montgomery, a big-city high-powered doctor from a family of big-city high-powered doctors, meets Daniel Grant purely by chance when he tows her car out of a ditch near the tiny town of Wakan where he's the B&B manager, carpenter, baby goat nanny, and all-around good guy. He's also the mayor, just like every generation of Grants before him. Given their different backgrounds and dueling legacies, they know nothing can come of it, but the attraction is undeniable. Plus, the baby goat is wearing pajamas — no one can resist a baby goat in pajamas!  

Abby Jimenez is a master of great couple chemistry and the connection between Alexis and Daniel is one of the best. Fairytale nods, Princess Bride quotes, and animal shenanigans are light and entertaining, but there's a serious core to this story: trauma, domestic abuse, sexism, classism. It's a challenge to pull off, and the pacing suffers just a little in the emotional second half of the book, but overall it's a fun, hopeful, heartfelt read with a strong woman who saves herself and a super swoony small-town guy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Violence, Alcohol, and Blood

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book follows in Jimenez's trademark ability to pair humor with difficult topics in the most perfect balance. She puts her characters through the wringer with realistic and relatable adversities and makes you feel all the feels.

You absolutely can read this as a standalone, but I highly recommend reading her books in order. Not only are they all amazing, but there are interconnected moments you'll love.

The meet cute in this book is everything (just like all her books!) and I was swooning over Daniel immediately. He is such a fantastic hero. He was so lovable and swoon worthy and only became more so with each page.

I loved Alexis from the beginning too. Her character flaws are so situational and it was really amazing to see her grow. I loved her personality and I loved her heart.

The dichotomy between super small town and big city is so well done in this book. I loved the glimpses we got into both as it was enlightening into the upbringings of Daniel and Alexis.

I cannot say enough good things about this book. It was wonderful. The communication between the characters, the romance, and the difficult topics covered were just a few of my favorites.

This book covers emotional and domestic abuse please be aware if this is a trigger. It is very well researched and written, but will definitely be a trigger for some.

I received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley. This is my honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content