Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Lady and the Orc by Finley Fenn

3 reviews

cluckieduck's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.0

I’ve read & loved a lot of monster romance, so was happy to finally delve into the orc world with this one but it just  wasn’t for me, unfortunately. 

Both MCs were beyond irritating with their miscommunication, trust issues, and whiplash-level “I hate you’s, I love you’s”, yet it all miraculously disappeared when the magical orc peen was whipped out. To me, this fell on the wrong end of a dub-con relationship because it just felt like a way to cram in sooo many sexual encounters without any actual desire or connection between the two. Not enough time was spent on any level of development in their budding romance, yet they didn’t come across as fated mates either so it just left me feeling…why??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Infertility, Confinement, Death, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

I could have kept going if it weren't for the main characters, both of whom get on my nerves and make me want to get into the book so I could give them each a good beating. Few books have ever gotten on my nerves like this and I didn't expect this from this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, and Infidelity

authorrubyduvall's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

2.0

Every time the orc hero, Grimarr, had a chance NOT to betray/humiliate the human heroine, Jule, he always chose to betray her. Even after a very convincing grovel. I'd give it one star, but the writing is otherwise pretty good, although the narrative sometimes lost its medieval vibe with overly modern-sounding language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Confinement, and Biphobia