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Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

74 reviews

cburch16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

poetsofsweetpea's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

Rhapsodic was a fairly spicy Romantsy story. It was scary but threaded with sexual assault.  The age difference between the characters was problematic for me.  It wasn't just that there was one, but the age and circumstances of their first meeting  gave me the ick.  The mystery of the children and catatonic fae was scary, but I wasn't satisfied with the resolution.  Perhaps the payoff is further down the series, but I won't get there.  I don't like sexual victimization as a plot point, and it was really the only thing moving the story forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

readwithasherieee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

tyiennasreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Literally is like a Wattpad fanfic but that’s what makes it fun.. I guess… I saw someone say don’t think to hard and I agree just don’t think too hard into the plot 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

novaxnovels's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Move over Rysand, I’m a Des girlie now. 

HOLY COW. I did not expect this book to blow me away!! From the very first line of the book I was super invested. I looooved the nods to SJM. It gave ACOTAR vibes without feeling like a copycat moment. Sure, there were some similarities, but I kinda loved it? The only reason I’m not doing 5 stars is because I found the 16-year-old bits of the story to be a bit … creepy. (SPOILERS) - he falls first, KNOWS they’re soulmates when she’s 16. Yeah he doesn’t act on it then, but the feeling that he would have just gave me a bit of a bad vibe. BUT, I am willing to absolutely blow past that because of how much I adored the plot. The mystery and the general spooky factor = happy reader. Not to mention that absolute perfection that was the longing, the tension, the DESIRE. I MELTED (The Harry potter movies. Need I say more???) 

Also, I hope it was intentional but the little Gatsby reference just made my heart soar. 

 I absolutely can’t wait to start the next book and see where it all goes. 

Trigger warnings: mentions of sexual assault and rape (past and present, not directly depicted on page but strong descriptions and emotional relivings) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

char_gadling's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

This series is certainly addictive, and our main character is genuinely one of my favourite narrative voices, this series is both fun and deals with more serious topics at the same time. Looking forward to reading more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

onlyone's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

This isn't a bad book at all, don't think of my rating that way. I'm very impressed with the  world building but the FL and 2FL are the best fleshed out characters. The smut was forgettable. 

The book didn't spend much time fleshing out the big bad. It was a bit confusing with how quickly the book reached its climax and ended. 

But I enjoyed this book and I'm going to read the sequel. I'm hoping to care about the ML more because he has a lot of potential. 

I went in with no expectations and this is a decent read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Gore, Pregnancy, Murder, and Sexual violence

thelibraryskeeper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I had never heard of this book or the series as a whole and I think I just found my new drug. I found myself wanting to pull up the audiobook and get more of the story than listen to music or anything else (even games! Who am I?!)

Dark wicked Fae king with wings? Check
Did I need more than that to check this out? Really no. 
This book delivered and delivered. The slow burn was so well done and when we finally got there *chefs kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Death, Gore, and Sexual violence

addyintheburg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

This dark romance, fantasy really does have a great premise of mystery to it. I think the world building of the Otherworld has moments of needing clarity, but I found it to be  most enchanting at the same time. The characters flash back sequences allow for much better relationship building, and allows for an easier read. It truly does give second change romance, however the reasoning for the second chance did fall flat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Death, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

ali_sun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Slavery, Violence, and Vomit