Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare

14 reviews

nofys's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death

kyriannaj's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Grief

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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

Not quite as tightly put together as Tessa’s later books but fun nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pregnancy, Grief, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

lucyd's review against another edition

3.5

I just enjoy all of Tessa Dare’s stories. This novel introduces us to Amelia, a wallflower who is nearing spinsterhood and Spencer, a Duke who loves horses and is indescribably bad at expressing his feelings.
There’s also an amusing array of side characters (who I’m hoping have their own books!).
This one does deal with some subjects which may be triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Animal death

pagesfromhome's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

I really enjoyed Amelia as a lead; she is intelligent, kind (to a fault), loyal, and seems funny as hell. I really appreciate that Dare had created a characters and romance of opposites that felt new despite it following some of the traditional romance tropes. The characters are all really fleshed out despite being dropped into the middle of action without much exposition which I think is really the mark of a very skilled writer.

I did find myself a touch bothered by some of the B plot stories (hence the 4 stars instead of 5), but mentioning those in too much detail would be spoilers!

All in all, this was another excellent romance from Tessa Dare and I’m looking forward to continuing the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Adult/minor relationship

sydneyj's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

haley49's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

Just what I wanted from this story. Executed every trope to perfection and the conflicts throughout the story felt genuine and realistic—apart from the rushed marriage of course. I liked and sympathized with both main characters and look forward to the other books in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Death of parent, Classism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Murder, and Death

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, War, and Violence

laura_mcloughlin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

 This book is 12 years old and it shows. I really enjoy Tessa Dare's books but haven't read too many of her early works. This one is mostly ok. I liked the main romance between the hero and heroine and on one hand I liked that Spencer's reasons for wanting to own the horse were important but not earth shatteringly so. I also appreciated that he realized that himself and was ready to move on.

My biggest problem with this book was Claudia and the handling of her story. While I appreciate that Spencer and Amelia are going to support her and help her in whatever way possible I also thought that they needed to be angrier on her behalf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Animal death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

threeundertwopnw's review

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Classism, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Rape, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content