Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Broken Whispers by Neva Altaj

11 reviews

abicaro17's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Ugh so cute! Ok so I think I liked this better than the last book just a tad! Bianca is a mute Italian mafia princess being offered to the Russians as a wife to bring peace. Mikhail is the enforcer of the Russian mob and has been watching Bianca dance for months. Between Mikhail's no touching and scars and Biancas voice and shit family, the trauma was very prominent in the plot. What wasn't? Mikhails daughter Lena. She's present for plot purposes but she disappears in the last 50ish pages. She isn't even in the epilogue (that I remember). Just kinda weird plot hole stuff. The actual romance and main plot was great and interesting though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, War, Car accident, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Stalking

herbookarchives's review

dark emotional fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Blood, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Stalking

lina5010's review

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

I consumed this book so fast
I immediately fell in love with the characters. Very little plot but I loved the characters so much it didn’t even matter 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Trafficking and Death of parent

auri_underthing's review

dark fast-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? No

3.5

Three words to describe this book:
Crave. Blood. Gunshot.

It was quite sweet. I loved Bianca and Lena. Mikhail, Mikhial? Mickhale? Him, he kinda weirded me out. He was very, very obsessed with Bianca. Also he told Lena’s bio mum that he would kill her if she got an abortion…? Uhhh, so that was a bit off putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

absolutely_court's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

aelin_morgenstern's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Trafficking, and Domestic abuse

smithrachaelynn's review

dark 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

4.5

This was such a surprise! I really enjoyed this a lot. It was feeling like a 5⭐️ and then I had time to think and there were a few things that I wished would have gotten resolved at the end of the book. But this romance was adorable. I loved Mikhail and his daughter; they were so cute! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

teardropsonmypaperback's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident

danicam's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying and Trafficking

ariana_m's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was amazing! Mikhail and Bianca were so cute. They're relationship was so pure?? Everything about them was so sweet. Mikhail being a single dad was a surprise in the beginning. I didn't expect that lol but his daughter was adorable. I loved the representation throughout this between both of the main characters .There's so much more I want to say but that will take too long lol. This was everything and exactly what I wanted from the last book. I will probably be rereading in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion