Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

4 reviews

beepbeep101's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 Murder

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Pregnancy, and War

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

purplepenning's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I've gone back and forth on the rating for this one, but I think I'll settle in at a 4. I *loved* the first book and though I didn't enjoy the second one nearly as much when I was reading it, I think of it with fondness and positivity now. I suspect it will be the same with this one. The world remains fascinating (I would definitely read more in this setting!), the characters are captivating, the Edwardian found family vibe is pretty perfect, and the whole theme of consent as it applies personally between partners and broadly in the system of magic and political power is clever and intriguing. The relationship dynamics and humor didn't really connect for me in books two and three, though I liked the individual characters well enough. Also, "levels of steaminess" is a completely subjective measure, but I think readers may want to know that this one follows the trajectory of book two and, on my scale at least, moves from "mildly steamy, mostly sweet and swoony romantic fantasy" in book one to "kinda spicy, unapologetically kinky romantic fantasy" in book three. There's a lot of fantasy story line to wrap up, so it doesn't become ALL about Hawthorne and Ross's relationship, but it's a significant part of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Sex scenes include consensual non-consent and power play inspired by role-playing from erotic stories