Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Quintessentially Q by Pepper Winters

5 reviews

books_cats_kids's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

I don’t know. This story made me me angry. Mostly because of how they all treated her. Suzzette actually said she wouldn’t be her friend if she left. Like WTH people. Q demanded and ranted and raged. I mean seriously. then how he gave her back her power. That went too far. She could have gotten it back more realistically.  I did like how he expressed his feelings toward her. However, none of it seems genuine. He has always struck me as child-like. Not at all underworld alpha-male boss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

bookintrovert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Grief

faith99's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

rsaachit's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

oh my god. I cannot bloody believe this book. Why Pepper, why? Why did you have to ruin me? Why did you?!

The first book was painful and sensual. Pain and Pleasure. But this book? Goddamn it was pain and turmoil. Crushing my heart bit by bit, tearing me up and then putting me back up again piece by piece. The horrors of those trafficked as sex slaves and what goes on in that disgust filled world made me want to

carry a goddamn gun and kill those mf's with Q and his band myself

. I didn't realize of the hatred I could feel for those people. I totally understand Q's beast and shit, I would probably have done the same to those f's.

So much emotional turmoil too. Could barely expect what would happen in the next page, next chapter. Tess and Q's bond grew exponentially in this book. After everything they went through, I had hope, but chapter by chapter, I was loosing that. But whatever and however their relationship progressed, wow. 

I literally have no more words to say about it except for the fact that I finished this within a day. Pepper, girl, you have ruined and repaired me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

livedathousandlives's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Kidnapping