Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe

171 reviews

tacochelle's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.5

Edgy dark romance retelling of Peter Pan, there's something like a good idea here. It just can't get past the terrible characters and sex scenes. The main character nymphomaniac 18 year old girl, her willingness to get down with her kidnappers is played like an empowering thing, but it's not! It just comes across as cringy and immature. And everyone here is horny for the weirdest and/or grossest shit. Eating pancakes? Sure, they're ready to bone. Descaling and gutting a fish to eat? She's thinking about anal. I don't care how well you write it. It's not sexy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Confinement

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Who knew I needed a dark Peter Pan story? Not me, but I’m happy I found one. I’m going to devour these next three just as quickly as I did this first one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Blood

mykindamagical's review

adventurous challenging dark

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

2.5

The pick me vibes I get from this book is beyond cringe. 
The guys seem dark enough that the next books could be fun but I don't like the main female, which is the plot of the entire series so I probably will no be reading any more of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Confinement

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, and Murder

honeyteags's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

car155a's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Death, Chronic illness, Bullying, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, and Alcohol

aniyu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

mynamesjess's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

*Spicy*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Mental illness, Cursing, and Kidnapping

readwithria's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was... fine? I'm not usually much of a dark romance person, but I actually preferred the smut to the plot. The world was not super well developed, but the spice was definitely spicy. 

Check the author's website for a full list of content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

_angelinasbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was ridiculously fun!! Everything was so intriguing and mysterious and I couldn’t stop thinking about it throughout the day. The plot had me on the edge of my seat it was so interesting. The smut 🔥🔥🫠🫠 I’ve read so much romance and therefore smut that I’m kind of desensitized to it 🤣 but the smut in 
this had me sweatingggg!! Also I loved how the relationships developed and all the characters!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Torture