Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

32 reviews

shannnne_reads_words's review

adventurous lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, and Blood

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, War, Animal death, and Grief

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Murder

jodonn07's review

adventurous emotional mysterious

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, War, Confinement, Alcohol, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

barb_christensen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Abandonment and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

carolibrary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Violence, Kidnapping, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

sophie_theresia_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I did really enjoy the story although I must say, the middle part was too slow paced for me. Nothing really happened that couldn't have been explained in less pages yet still being understandable for the plot! 

I really enjoyed not knowing who is the prince and who is the assassin till far into the story though because when I tell you just HOW wrong I was guessing all the time!

Apart from the middle part k really enjoyed it and I'm curious as to see where the next book is gonna go!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

julia87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Someone recommended Dance of Thieves to me a while ago, and I finally decided to read them but I wanted to do it right. I decided to read the Remnant Chronicles first for better understanding later on. 

This book was a little slow to begin with, but it definitely picked up. I liked trying to figure out who was the assassin and who was the prince, however it didn’t really drag on which was nice. Overall the characters were intriguing and I enjoyed this book. I think the rest of the series will be a lot more fast paced though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pregnancy

psydneigh's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book though cliffhangers kill me. It was kind of hard to follow who was who since it didn’t explicitly tell you until the reveal which I felt like made it harder to follow which guy was doing what. I’ll definitely be continuing this series. The First Daughters thing confused me for the longest time. I thought it was a royalty thing, but its just an every family thing. I felt like it would have been better if things were laid out in the beginning a little better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Stalking

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping