Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lords of Wrath by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

18 reviews

autumnwitch14's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

smartcookiesca's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility and Death of parent

hilary89's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Giving this 5 stars because I know it’s going to stay with me for a long, long time. It was well written and the story was riveting. More than that, I really kind of admire that the authors were willing to go to some incredibly dark places that I know most would never touch. Plus, it’s the first time I’ve read non-con where it was actually convincing and logical that the FMC fell for the MMCs. I might change the rating after a reread but for now this was peak dark romance to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Gaslighting

tguccione's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

This was a good squeal! You get to see how strong Story is and how she starts to fight back. The relationship with the boys was really starting to get to a point where you can tell they are starting to care, but then something happens and we are back to square one. The ending of this is kind of crazy. I started the third book right after I finished this and so I’m getting plot points confused. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ronnieex's review

challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

literallycheyney's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Sexual harassment

annick's review

dark funny slow-paced

2.75

Meh. Good. The humour is entertaining. It’s darker than book one. And the melodrama and organised crime isn’t for me. Not sure if I’ll skim or read book three 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bittie_bee's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

gluvsbooks's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

This time is the Lords’ turn to get a taste of their own medicine…

Ok… so this was darker than the first book in this trilogy. Still it was very enjoyable. I did find that the first half did seem a bit slower in pace, however it did start to pick up and definitely delivered. 

So, after Story finding out what she did at the end of book 1. Here we find her planning her own revenge against the Lords. She’s sick and tired of them and all the torment they put her through. She’s read to start fighting back and that’s exactly what she does. 

They say revenge is a dish best served cold and Story delivers that to her Lords. Although she’s not completely cold towards them and she does feel a bit of remorse for what she does. But like Story says, they don’t deserve her guilt. 

Obviously, when the Lords found out of Story’s betrayal, they do not take it lightly. And the retaliation is something you couldn’t predict! 

We somewhat find out who this mysterious TED is. Or rather who he was for a little while. We then figure out that TED is now a different someone else entirely and even more dangerous. 

Even though, so far the Lords - Killian, Tristan & Rath - have been not the best of guys, We do see them develop. I think they’ve figured out that Story means more to them than just some possession and they want her to be with them, if she want to be with them; not because she is being forced to. In the end they give her a choice to leave which she takes… 

Also, as mentioned a bit above story takes her revenge on the Lords, which ultimately I think also shows her character’s development. She’s always been a survivor, but at first she took what they threw at her in order to survive.  And by the end, of this book, we see that she is the one making the rules and telling her Lords how things are going to look for the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder