Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

45 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexism, Grief, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Blood and Vomit

scynth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death

enimiestolovers_13's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Gore

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal death, and Pregnancy

elizajaquays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A bit of a slow start, but I was full on sobbing by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

macliffe's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A much better book than I expected. I picked it up thinking it was going to be some trashy YA fantasy romance,  it instead I read a book that was engaging from the first to last page, that gave me a romance I could really root for. My only complaint is that the premise is extremely generic. By the end, it became its own thing, but at the beginning I was feeling like I’ve read this a thousand times. I also saw the plot twist coming. But the way it was handled made me love the characters even more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

autumnrh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

I had a great time with this book. I did not know this serious existed and actually read the Dance of Thieves duology before this and fell in love with the way Mary Pearson writes. I wasn’t too sure about this one at first because the beginning is a bit slow but it does pick up and the twist is phenomenal and I never saw it coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Grief

adamm's review against another edition

3.0

Ok, the first half of this book is unspeakably bad romance (and a „love triangle“ 🤢) with only stupid characters (like STUPID stupid). Like I was ready to finish this book an never look back…but the second half, especially the last 100 pages got me! The plot she set up for the next books sounds incredibly intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault

h_reads98's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Violence, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Classism and Vomit

zayyssa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

*chef's kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, and Grief