Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

62 reviews

maddierandolph's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Gore, Vomit, and Addiction

samdreckman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Slavery, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Body horror, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

saracampbell513's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Great book. It gives plot before spice, which is my preference. Slow burn but obvious longing and heat beforehand. Sometimes the wording and dialogue was lacking for me, personally(I like my fantasy a bit more formal sounding in the writing style, if that makes sense)but story was great and the characters and love story were compelling. Ending was a baby cliffhanger. Like we still need answers but I'm not freaking out where it left off. If it was even darker and bloodier, I'd have given it at least a four, but I'm a freak like that. I just wanted more villain than I got. I mean a really bad guy. In this, the MMC is def a shadow daddy who does bad things, is definitely NOT a good and moral guy, but he's ultimately still kind of a hero, just in a vigilante justice type of way. Highly recommend for the majority of fantasy romance readers, I just like a bit more wickedness to my villains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Slavery, and Pedophilia

angeldawn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

sparklingpynk's review against another edition

I made it to chapter 20 and maybe one day I will go back to listen to how this ends but I just can't be bothered at this point. It's a bit interesting with the fantasy world and the issues in the kingdom, but the romance part isn't doing it for me. I get there is a history between these two where a lot of time has passed but this is all dragging on way too much for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, and Violence

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Stalking, Abandonment, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Torture, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Toxic relationship

bookwormbarber's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Murder

bee_thebee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I dont know if i cried so much because im kind of on my period rn or if this book really just touched a nerve with me but OMGGG i loved this so fucking much.
it kind of is a no plot just vibes kinda book but the little bit of plot that we had was enough to make me sob so yeah✌️ SOLID AS STONE four star read 

ps the romance buildup was amazing like seven years, SEVEN FUCKING GODDAYMN YEARS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, War, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Self harm

chrisljm's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

First of all, everyone who recommended this book is a sick freak. Because why are you people obsessing over this adult/minor grooming relationship. And even if you were to argue that they don't technically get together until the girl is an adult, it's still very strange how often they had to mention her being a "lovesick" teenager. Like that shit made me sick. It was also weird af that there was another (of lesser importance) adult male character that was dating a 16 year old girl. Although the focus was on him locking her in his basement, there didn't seem to be any criticism on him dating teenagers so it's kinda giving obsessed with grooming..

Second of all, why is a white author making a black character talk like that. It's weird enough she made her the stereotypical sassy black best friend, but the fact that the author sat there and typed "oh, naw, girl" as a part of her dialogue is kinda driving me insane. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Torture, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Slavery