Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

8 reviews

kelly_sch29's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, War, Violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Grief

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

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

crestina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, Death, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Xenophobia

Moderate: War, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

nasab's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Violence, Stalking, and Death

Minor: Genocide, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Grief, and Pregnancy

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I didn’t dislike this but I didn’t form a connection to one of our 3 main characters which was a problem when it was his chapters because I just didn’t care. We got a lot of Rafe and Lia and found their connection more believable but Kaden always felt like an ancillary character. I did enjoy the mystery of who was who in terms of Kaden/Rafe. Who was the prince and who was the assassin? When I found out I was genuinely surprised! It ended on a fun cliffhanger so I’ll be reading the next and hoping to connect more with Kaden in the next

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Grief

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

My only thoughts: Team Rafe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

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