Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Paper Princess by Erin Watt

21 reviews

acornfel's review

dark funny fast-paced

4.0

For the genre and the subject matter this book delivers exactly what you'd expect from a gossip girl type novel with some spice. It has a few moments that feel really awkward pacing wise, but overall it was fun to read and it was really easy to just sit in the world of this book and not get distracted or tired of reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Addiction

venturajai31's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Ok, had I known the MCs would be in high school, not sure I would’ve read it. That being said, once I got over that surprise, it was actually pretty good. I enjoyed this book a lot and found myself covering the next page so I didn’t jump ahead. I’m interested in the reading the other BUT be warned, their story does NOT END in this book. I was so bummed that I had another two books before it changed POV (in a five book series?! ughhh) but I will read it because I literally can’t not read them after the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

lucycharm9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I smelled something fishy on Brooke when Gideon acted weird when he came home and I could not be more wrong. She was a bitch grouping up with Dinah just for Royal's money. I think she blackmailed Gideon and Reed (I am afraid she might seuxally assulted them as well) behind Callum's back. Gideon and Reed kept it between themselves to protect everyone else in the house. That last chapter freaking crushed me.

Honestly I love this book because I live for drama and good angst. It gave me the impression of Gossip Girls playing on CW.

Heat: 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death of parent

madalina0_0's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Solid bully romance. Thought the character development was on point. The characters felt real and complex. Definitely enjoyed the writing style. Mild in the spice department, but the tension was good. Definitely had my suspicions about the situation at the end. Will be continuing this set for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cancer

teniamonet's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

I started reading this book because I was listening to the audio drama ‘The Royals of Malibu’ which is based on this series. I was tired of waiting for weekly updates and at the time I thought the books would be just like the audio drama (I was wrong). I think I actually prefer the books over the audio drama. 

This book definitely became a guilty pleasure because by no means is the drama and the relationships that are portrayed in this book healthy (that’s okay though because not every book needs to be.) There’s a lot of sexism and toxicity book the book is also based in the south so…

This is your typical “good girl x bad boy” romance. That is if you can even classify Ella as a good girl and Reed as a bad boy (aside from trying to ruin Ella’s life before she got to Astor Prep and illegal street fighting Reed really isn’t even that much of a bad boy). Cliches aside this book was so entertaining to me. There were definitely moments where i was like “Ella stand up, have a backbone” but we wouldn’t have our main pairing if she did. 

Reading Paper Princess felt like I was just watching a new season of Gossip Girl. The ending of book 1 is pretty similar to how season 1 ended in the audio drama so i wasn’t too rattled, but Reed Royal count your days!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent

culzean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Drug use, and Vomit

marine2907's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

norab99's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

paulaks's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

Soooo this one is complicated... The first half was a decent 4 star reading with some problematic and stereotypical scenes but nothing really bad. Then the second half came and it was just hot garbage. It seemed like the love interest and the MC were talking two different languages because they never understood the other ones problem. The "spicy" scenes made me cringe so bad and the only thing that kept me reading was the wattpad like writing. I wanted to like it so bad but I couldn't overlook some of the problems the book has. Overall the plot was fine and could have developed great but the execution was horrible. The addictive writing, some funny jokes, Easton (personal favourite) and the first half definitely push the rating for me but it just doesn't deserve the 3 stars. If you are in a reading slump and still have interest, go for it. 
Now to the ending (spoiler free): The ending was so unneccesary. Without giving it away, they can technically start from scratch in the next book. And without any lessons to take away I ask myself: Why did they write this book? (Probably so i could write this passionately written review ;))

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Bullying