Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

5 reviews

dovahkiin_shea's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Rape, and Cancer

nickydubs3's review

dark funny tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Rape

savvyrosereads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Rating: 4/5 stars

In the second book in the Ruinous Love trilogy, Lark Montague and Lachlan Kane are forced into a marriage of convenience while investigating a mysterious threat.

After absolutely *loving* BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD earlier this year, this book was one of my most anticipated releases, and I was literally waiting at the door so I could start it the second that it was delivered.

I’m not sure anything could have ever FULLY lived up to the hype in my mind, but I still really enjoyed this one! Lark and Lachlan are both fantastic, and their relationship and character arc was really lovely. I’m a sucker for enemies to lovers, so watching their banter and “hate” for one another was a ton of fun. I also loved the high stakes feel of the final few chapters, and I am SUPER excited to see where things go for Fionn and Rose in book three!

I will say that this one felt slightly less unhinged than BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD—I personally LOVED the unhingedness (not sure that’s a word) of the first, so do with that what you will.

CW: Just about any gore/violence/blood related one you can think of; mentions of sexual predators (including against children); terminal illness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, Terminal illness, and Violence

llams's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Body horror, Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Drug use, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

maggie_the_ferocious_reader's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Thankfully, a bit less gross than B&B in my opinion, but more Criminal Minds-y but like, without cops. 😅 I liked Lark & Lachlan a lot, I was rooting for them the whole time. Gotta love a marriage of convenience when they don't even like each other at the start of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, and Confinement