Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

427 reviews

littlered22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really liked it. Found the world building to be a little confusing but I know as I continue it'll make more sense. Loved the characters. Had me kicking my feet and smiling a bit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, War, Violence, and Grief

glddstwmn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Check TWs before reading!! Graphic descriptions of abuse and gore. 

UGH, my heart hurts a little after this one. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Bullying, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

Minor: Rape

keniasedler's review against another edition

I made it ~25% of the way through...I kept resisting picking it up because I was so bored with the writing and the tropes . Life's too short to read books we don't enjoy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence

ayeitsdaye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: War and Death of parent

ipekcav's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

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

4.0

Modern values set in a fantasy romance. What’s not to love?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Child abuse

Scenes depicting child physical abuse that borders on sexual harassment. The abuse itself is not overtly sexual in nature, it is how other characters interact with it that makes it disturbing. It’s uncomfortable to read (as it should be). Details including spoilers here:

The main bad guy regularly takes a switch to the protagonists back as punishment for “bad behavior” and derives some sort of pleasure from it. He invites a friend to watch. The masochistic tendencies along with the humiliation of the protagonist give the punishment a sexual overtone. At one point she is forced to receive punishment topless.

lotsofbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book. In the beginning I had a hard time to keep picking up the book again, and then suddenly I finished te book bij reading over 300 pages in one sitting (and missing lots of sleep by doing so because I couldn't put the book down). The characters were very lovable and this book managed to make me love and cry. I also helped me to rediscover my fondness of vampires and werewolves that I thought I had "matured out off".

I would definitely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, and Kidnapping

rooreadsmoore's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Cursing, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

larremor's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Writing was okay, not a ton of world building, it takes most of the book to really get clued in to the "species", and the male lead has difficulty understanding consent. Making things sexual after Poppy says no to various acts and situations multiple times in the book while convincing her it's okay because he's decided she wants it even though she's conflicted. "I'm not sure" isn't consent and get off, stop definitely isn't consent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Body shaming

vettechmama3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I got into this book very quickly. I was excited to dive into another fantasy series and intrigued from the get go. Our MFC Poppy is a Maiden set to ascend and is a secret baddie with weapons. Our MMC Hawke was, meh. At first I liked him so much. I thought him and Poppy had great chemistry, and I loved their banter. But then he started to give creepy vibes and also had a hard time with understanding consent. It also took a long time to learn what ascending even was at all and that this was also basically a vampire/werewolf book. I definitely was imagining things wrong the entire time because of little and slow context. I did enjoy the book as a whole, though, and I'm curious enough to keep going with the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Death, Religious bigotry, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, and Child death

Minor: Abandonment

vermontsnowboarder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

I've described this book to people before as pocket trash. You know it's terrible.

The writing isn't great. In terms of the plot, there are a lot of plotholes—things that don't really make sense, and once you start to pull at one, the entire thing unravels and doesn't make any sense. Armentrout needs a better editor. There are A LOT of unnecessary moments and words. The FMC has so many inner monologues that it's exhausting and pointless. Her views and random thoughts do not add to the story; they take away from it by bogging the reader down. 

The worldbuilding is lackluster. It's supposed to be grand and sweeping and yet, it's flat and blase. It's not just that things are waiting to be revealed; it's that there is a lack of description and connection to the world in which this story is set.

Another thing that really bothers me is the blatant racism. The FMC's "best friend" is a black woman named, I kid you not, Tawny. Are you ready for her role? She is the FMC's lady's maid. The MCC's best friend is a black man who can shift into a werewolf (wolven) named Kieran (which means black, in case you didn't know), who is bound to the MCC. So basically, both of them are servants. The main characters and those in power are all white. 

Want a book with loads of sexual assault? This book has it in spades. The MCC hides his identity and uses his false one to get close to the FMC, proceeds to seduce her, take her virginity, and then gaslight her by telling her that it was "real". He knew full well that she never ever would have gone near him if she had known who he really was. After he takes her virginity, he continues invading her space and touching her despite her telling him no several times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Confinement, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol