Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

5 reviews

gcjay1994's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

Fun, quick and some sexy moments, but overall not my jam. I was having continuity issues between scenes where it became confusing how we jumped from one point to the other. The audio narrator was fine, but did have some cringe moments. Didn’t really care about the characters, and the plot (which is typically more important to me) was very secondary and didn’t have much substance to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Bullying, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

kaeschwalber's review against another edition

The main thing that stuck out to me what how unlikable all the characters involved were. I didn't understand the driving force behind 90% of the decisions she made - other than horny- and she clearly made terrible and evil choices but they were played as edgy and cool instead. What ever that red mist is, I think is was the least morally reprehensible character in the whole thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, Sexism, Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War and Slavery

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

What can I say? I’m a sucker for sexy vampires and witches, especially when they don’t sparkle. Scarlett St.Clair is a master at catching ones attention and holding it in a firm grip. While simple, the magic and political systems are truly immersive. I do think Killian needs an ass whooping though, courtesy of Issi. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Classism, Genocide, and Mental illness

Minor: Infertility, Slavery, and Torture

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

I honestly think this one is spicier than the others I’ve read by this author. I loved the love story. It was enemies to lovers but in the best way. I loved the protagonist. I enjoy how she learns and grows as the novel progresses to become a more developed, understanding person - which is how I think we should all live. There was a bit of predictability in the plot and there were a few grammatical issues that led me to a four star rating as opposed to a five star rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, War, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia