Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Dark Fae by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

10 reviews

colorcrystals's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Child abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol and Abandonment

selestre's review

funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

aubrieanne's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Cursing, Drug use, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, and Violence

prettiestkitty_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

grace28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 I just want to start by saying Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti wrote my most favourite book series ever Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep and I loved everything about it. So when I was struggling to find a book to read where the writing wasn't a piece of crap they came to mind and let me tell you I'm not disappointed in the slightest. I stopped reading mid-book 3 times over with separate series because I just could not deal with shitty writing and after reading Dark Fae I'm so pleased that there are four more books left for me to devour.

Quick blurb:

Elise has suffered the unimaginable loss of her brother and the worse part is that he was murdered and they ruled it an accidental death. So she set off to Aurora Academy to get the revenge she so helplessly craves. The only hitch is her clue, and it leads her to four gorgeously dangerous men who want her almost as much as she wants her brother's killer.



This book was really well done and thats exactly what I was looking for, the authors never come up short with the spice either even though it's a medium burn for most of them anyway.

I'm really excited to read the second book and I can just focus on the plot and character development instead of unrealistically hoping that the writing would get better in so many other book series I've read.

Overall I rate this book 3.5 stars only because it's the first book and we all know in complex world-building like this that world talks up space that later gets used for the best of scenes and such.

I highly recommend it if you're looking for a strong FMC that doesn't just fall at the feet of the MMCs and that isn't a bully romance for once (even tho I love bully romances). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Gore, Torture, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kotahlotah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug use, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Murder, Bullying, Grief, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Toxic relationship

azapolya's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Murder, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, and Violence

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, Cursing, War, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

finnickdeservedbetter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

0.25

Truly the worst book I've ever read in my entire life. It's literally just a dumpster fire of misogyny. I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing. If someone offered me a trillion dollars and immorality to read another book from this author...I would spit in their face. Which is what this author did to me with this waste of brain of cells. I wouldn't wish this book on my worst enemy. I would sooner stab myself in the eye than recommend this to anyone.

the .25 is for the brother's POV only

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Torture

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness

folkofthebook's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

After reading Zodiac Academy, finding out there are more series set in this world made me SO happy, and Dark Fae did not disappoint! A prequel series to ZA, Dark Fae follows Elise, a Vampire who's on a mission to find out who killed her brother at Aurora Academy. I loved getting to see some backstory to a fairly important ZA character, as well as appearances by other minor characters. It's sexy, it's funny, Elise is a badass, and the writers keep us constantly guessing who the murderer is with new information revealed at every turn. I'm totally hooked and heading for book 2 now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying