Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

75 reviews

squid_marie'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

One of the better fantasy novels I’ve read outside the sjm universe in a while. I enjoyed the world building and characters and plot. It was starting to feel a little redundant with the steamy scenes in the third section of the book without any real furthering of the plot and sometimes I just wanted them to get to the point. Some of the scenes/characters definitely felt acotar-coded in both a good and bad way. It took me a while to get through this one even tho I overall enjoyed it but I never really reached that hooking point where I couldn’t put the book down so even tho every time I picked it up I could read for a couple hours at a time, I could go weeks without picking it up again (partly cuz of my own busy schedule tho). Overall, I think I will follow along with this as it becomes a series but otherwise I was satisfied with it being a one and done for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child death and Violence

allisonk9's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement and Alcohol

celesteskies's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

straybutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

disneyfreak627's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Torture

lavdisy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

I can't believe this is the same author who wrote my favorite book Stalking Jack the Ripper. This is soooo different in many ways.

I'm not going to write a lot about this. The plot that solves the games should have received more focus, development, and detail instead of being rushed. It disappointed me because this part interested me. Other than that, the characters seem to only lust after each other all the time, everywhere. I also didn't feel any chemistry between them; it was as if these two were just thrown into a room and, a second later, were already hungry for each other. So yeah, the romance was not my favorite at all. This book could have been trimmed by 400 pages and packed with a more necessary and better plot.

Overall, I did not like this one and just wanted to finish it as soon as possible. Thank you so much for that experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gore

hazel_oat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

suuuuper spicy and so much fun. i’m usually not really into graphic smut but this was well done (and lowkey hot? LOL). eagerly awaiting the sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Grief

manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this. It took me a few days to get through because it's been a busy stretch, but it was always something to look forward to. The elements themselves are fairly standard romantasy but well executed and the story and characters developed well across the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death

yolibear's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation