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dwarrowdams's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Didn’t love this as much as the first in the series, but it was still enjoyable. The relationship between Thane and Catalina worked surprisingly well, although some of the development felt a bit rushed.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse and Child abuse
ladydamonayde's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Confinement, Abortion, and Grief
gemin1reader's review against another edition
2.0
I did not love this. The emotional development of the relationship was all too fast and it didn’t feel like Catalina’s issues and insecurities were ever properly addressed.
Also, sorry but reading ze/zir pronouns is absolutely not for me. Took me out of the story every time.
And finally… the pregnancy/abortion storyline was kind of ridiculous. Why would they NOT have thought of birth control ffs.
Also, sorry but reading ze/zir pronouns is absolutely not for me. Took me out of the story every time.
And finally…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Abortion, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy
takarakei's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Book one was like infinitely better I found the pregnancy because of a lack of birth control thing to be rather ridiculous
🌶️ 4.5/5
🌶️ 4.5/5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Grief
sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, War, Confinement, Vomit, Abandonment, Murder, and Fatphobia
stuffandwhatnot's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
This was a whole lot of book packed down into a novella-sized package. Human Catalina takes the demon's bargain and ends up committing to seven years with the tentacliest-tentacle man in tentacle town. She's been emotionally abused her whole life by her mother and has never had success with relationships before. She's a prickly cactus with a soft fragile center. Kraken Thane lost his husband years ago and has never truly worked through his grief, and he has no interest in starting anything with the human he's stuck with. He's cold and stern and insensitive until his protective streak is activated.
As with the previous book, I thought they jumped right to the boinking rather quickly, given their respective emotional states. I could have done with a full-length slower burn, myself.
As with the previous book, I thought they jumped right to the boinking rather quickly, given their respective emotional states. I could have done with a full-length slower burn, myself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Abortion
Moderate: Emotional abuse
mariakureads's review against another edition
challenging
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I wanted to like this one. I really did – I mean the premise sounded promising plus Kraken MC why not right? – but there was enough here that left a sour taste in my mouth.
Thane is cold and distant in a way that leaves him almost nonchalant and unfeeling towards others and slightly self absorbed in his own pain that he's blind to the rest around him which might not be a problem except he's just signed a deal to take a human bride for the next 7 years, which honestly he's not wanting.
Whereas our human MC, Catalina, signed the deal to get away from her world and all the bad with it, I'm thinking in hopes of something better. She has a lot of issues, one being that she's so used to being verbally, mentally and possibly physically abused that she can't tell when she is being hurt thus harmed and in violation of their contract because it's so "normal" to her.
I tried but honestly Thane doesn't recognize his maltreatment until more than 3/4ths of the way in and by then I really couldn't see or understand how aside from the contract keeping them together, why, and this is a short read, they would be together? She has so many different self issues aside from being a survivor of abuse to stay in a relationship with a man who neglected her time and time again and added on to the damage.
I loved The Dragon's Bride and am curious to see how the others play out, hoping that the other protagonists get better treatment than Catalina did.
Thane is cold and distant in a way that leaves him almost nonchalant and unfeeling towards others and slightly self absorbed in his own pain that he's blind to the rest around him which might not be a problem except he's just signed a deal to take a human bride for the next 7 years, which honestly he's not wanting.
Whereas our human MC, Catalina, signed the deal to get away from her world and all the bad with it, I'm thinking in hopes of something better. She has a lot of issues, one being that she's so used to being verbally, mentally and possibly physically abused that she can't tell when she is being hurt thus harmed and in violation of their contract because it's so "normal" to her.
I tried but honestly Thane doesn't recognize his maltreatment until more than 3/4ths of the way in and by then I really couldn't see or understand how aside from the contract keeping them together, why, and this is a short read, they would be together? She has so many different self issues aside from being a survivor of abuse to stay in a relationship with a man who neglected her time and time again and added on to the damage.
I loved The Dragon's Bride and am curious to see how the others play out, hoping that the other protagonists get better treatment than Catalina did.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Confinement, Death, and Body shaming
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Thane is a POS and I'm so annoyed with this book. Catalina deserves so much better than his dumb ass. I understand that he's going through loss and grief but that doesn't give him the right to be neglectful and borderline abusive towards Catalina. Thane takes too long to start treating Catalina right in my opinion, and it's frustrating as hell.
I don't think book was long enough to address the trauma that Catalina has gone through or the grief that Thane is dealing with. Because of the short length of the book, Thane is an asshole and selfish for 60% - 70% of the book, so basically for most of the book.
He's so carelessthat he ends up giving Catalina "The Bends" at the start of the book. He then locks her in a tower for weeks on end, leaving her in isolation.
For those few weeks she was only fed bread by the tower/kitchen workers because they thought she was purposefully being neglected by Thane and they wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Even though both characters discuss not wanting children, Catalina gets pregnant because he doesn't think about using any form of contraception. Up until the 70% mark, Thane has sexual encounters with Catalina and then he always leaves right afterwards. Leaving her feeling rejected, neglected, and used (like all the other people in her life have already made her feel.)
I would say that this book has an okay amount of spice. I really want more spice in my monster erotica! I would rate this 3 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies.
Overall this book was really frustrating but the smut was okay so I'm giving it 3 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I listened to this audiobook for free on Hoopladigital.com
I don't think book was long enough to address the trauma that Catalina has gone through or the grief that Thane is dealing with. Because of the short length of the book, Thane is an asshole and selfish for 60% - 70% of the book, so basically for most of the book.
He's so careless
For those few weeks she was only fed bread by the tower/kitchen workers because they thought she was purposefully being neglected by Thane and they wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Even though both characters discuss not wanting children, Catalina gets pregnant because he doesn't think about using any form of contraception. Up until the 70% mark, Thane has sexual encounters with Catalina and then he always leaves right afterwards. Leaving her feeling rejected, neglected, and used (like all the other people in her life have already made her feel.)
I would say that this book has an okay amount of spice. I really want more spice in my monster erotica! I would rate this 3 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies.
Overall this book was really frustrating but the smut was okay so I'm giving it 3 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I listened to this audiobook for free on Hoopladigital.com
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Grief
myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
emmagrace's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
as much as I appreciate that this was a romance between two people who didn't want kids and still don't want kids by the end of the story, that was pretty much the only thing I liked. the main guy/kraken was so terrible to her and the justification is just that she's used to being treated poorly?? I was not a fan, especially not when weighing this against the previous book which was so much better in every aspect.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body shaming, and Child abuse