Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

12 reviews

lahroberts111's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

I didn’t really connect with either of the main characters. I also didn’t really understand their connection and the MMC spent so much time only wanting to bed her, that it was off-putting. He went from “I’ll never get married or have kids” for 95% of the book, to then in the last hour changing his mind and being fully onboard. FMC clearly stated her boundaries multiple times, and he kept pressuring her. Bit of a turn off. The side characters had more personality

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy

annick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-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

4.0

Entertaining. Good sense of variety of story and dynamics for character interactions. 

I disliked the scene where he feeds her the teacup. 

The hiccups and hurdles to HEA were entertaining and not as cliched as usual with romances set in C19 England. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

abby_can_read's review

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

4.0

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This was a quick and enjoyable read. I liked the characters and their relationships, the plot kept my interest, and I found the writing style to be engaging. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

micheala's review against another edition

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

2.0

My enjoyment of romance is based on if I'm rooting for the couple and I have to say with this one I was not. Both the main characters are assholes at best and truly terrible people at worst. So I guess they deserved eachother, but I didn't think either of them deserves a happy ending.

It gets 2 stars mostly because the actual writing was good. This was my first Kleypas book, and I'll probably give her another go based on writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

aklovekorn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

5.0

Re-read. The following is my original review: 5⭐️ Utterly romantic. Devon and Kathleen both have big personalities and tons of stubbornness. I loved them together and the way they challenged each other. There were so many amazing characters. I can’t wait to read Helen & Rhys’s story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

mcmizzie's review against another edition

3.75

Honestly this book is well crafted, well executed, beautifully written and delightfully steamy — I just couldn’t stand the hero and heroine. She was such an Enneagram 1 propriety miss it grated, and he was obnoxiously controlling and arrogant (beyond the trope fun, for me), even if it was a consistent characteristic. I loved the supporting cast and really just stuck it out so I’d go into Marrying Winterbourne with the full backstory (so far: very worth it to do so!). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault

beccaand's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing 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

2.75

finals thoughts:
- absolutely adored the familial interactions between West, Kathleen and the Ladies Ravenel
- wasn't completely sold on the romance between Devon and Kathleen until after the maybe 60% mark and it was kind of dubious even then
- not sure how I feel on the set up of Helen and Rhys's book being the failed engagement, but am intrigued enough to read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Death of parent