Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée

8 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this. It was raw and emotional while also being sweet and sexy. The way they learn to love and heal together is absolutely beautiful. Sometimes I was a little lost in the world building or the story moved a little slow but it didn’t detract from the story. A great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Confinement, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Minor: Self harm, War, Alcohol, and Child abuse

sammymilfort's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Torture

meagan2020's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Child abuse

booksthatburn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

THE FALL THAT SAVED US is a heartfelt and tender sapphic romance between a nephilim and a succubus, dealing with toxic family and how hard it is to start over when pain is familiar.

This is set up to get at least one sequel, but the story told here is very satisfying even if nothing else follows it. Cassiel and Avitue are a great couple, figuring out how to get past the baggage of their pasts and the demands of their present in order to have any shot at building a future. 

The main storyline deals with the romance between Cass and Avitue. Their relationship has several outside forces who would detest their relationship and try to destroy them if they're discovered to be colluding instead of in opposition. Learning to love one another advances both storylines, putting Cass against her family and Avitue against her fellow demons, though Cass's family are more relevant to this particular story. There's also a strong and complicated bond between Cass and one of her siblings, complicating her willingness to entirely sever ties with her family, if it's even possible.

I enjoyed this and I'm interested in reading the promised sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Self harm

Minor: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Body shaming, and Death

janae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am just crying. Every moment of this book was perfect. It was so sweet and cozy and emotional and sexy and I just wanted to curl up in this world and never leave. Every time I read a page I just wanted to stop reading and savor it.

Definitely go into this expecting sapphic paranormal romance with great world building but not a fantasy epic. The focus is very much the romance and character development. Very subcategory paranormal women’s fiction ya know? A lot about recovering from abuse and trauma that I found really lovely and healing. This book touched me deeply, made me feel seen and held and gave me hope. A new favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood

lady_valhella's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder

becca303's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Cursing, and Sexual content

emzhay's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ok this may have made me a little bit feral. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Blood

Minor: Eating disorder and Self harm

The author includes a more detailed explanation of the content warnings at the beginning of the book.