Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline

7 reviews

kb33's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

This was a decent read. It was interesting to read about the different world and culture on another planet, and we get a decent amount of that and plot. For me, a better book would have been longer with a lot more info about the new planet she finds herself on, but it was short and sweet, and I didn’t feel as if the author skimped on the details.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Trafficking

Minor: Rape, Torture, Death of parent, Confinement, and Blood

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Trafficking

Moderate: Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

twishy's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Blood

greystory's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

This has been in recommendations so many times and I finally relented.

As an alien romance? Eh. Not really alien. Stronger human dude with markings that look like tattoos but are actually scars.

As a story in general? Yeah, it's alright. It all felt a little .. cliche in a way, a little too obvious, but I overall enjoyed it and would be willing to read more of the series. The writing was good, the characters were okay, the plot was solid.

I'm interested in learning more about life outside of Clecania (being a sci fi nerd interested in aliens in an alien romance) but not sure how much the series will indulge that. Guess I'll find out!

I'm disappointed there isn't a book about Rhaego in the series yet (6 books as of writing this) because he'd be my next obvious choice (being described as looking like a demon but being a romantic sweetheart and all) but looks like it's mostly all the superhuman dudes. That said, I did see on the author's GR page that they DO plan on writing a book about Rhaego eventually so woohoo!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Stalking, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

There is a dog that gets hurt briefly by a bad guy but the DOG IS OKAY

roorooreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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

A super fun alien romance! I adored Theo al though he did take a bit to warm up to. Also the alien race that has low birth rates so men go to husband school to learn how to please  women was too interesting to pass up lol. I did like how the concept was done, while also leaving room to expand the world in future books. Definitely an alien romance to check out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

alisoun's review

fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Blood, Violence, and Torture

leticiaslibrary's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

oH MY GOD ok so i’ve never been the type to read books with aliens other than ice planet barbarians a few months ago because i was curious as to why booktok was obsessing over it so much (i was obviously disappointed i mean what was that?) HOWEVER choosing theo was the sweetest cutest little thing ever!!!!!!!!!! i loved everything about it, from the characters to the development of their relationship to the bonding moments and the fact that even though the author could have easily fallen into the miscommunication trope at a certain point she didn’t and i’ll forever be grateful for it, i did feel like the last few pages were a bit rushed and everything started happening so fast but that did not make the story any less enjoyable, honestly every time theo did anything i was just sitting at my room looking at jade and thinking damn i wish that was me🧎‍♀️not sure if i’ll be reading the next few books in the series but i loved this one and i’m sure the others are probably just as enjoyable!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence