Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Unbroken Bonds by J. Bree

7 reviews

augustisweird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, War, Sexual content, and Violence

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

 Content Warnings: sexual content, blood, violence, kidnapping, murder, torture, death of parent[s], toxic relationships, and toxic friendships.
Mention of: child abuse, child sexual assault, and trauma.

Idk if I just ran through the series too fast...but I was a bit disappointed with the action parts of this book 🙈 I was expecting a bigger grand finally/final boss fight. It was still awesome and I love all the character development and the evolution of the bond group...but yeah I was expecting a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

spicycronereads's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was my least favorite of the series. The issues from the previous book that I had with the development of the god-bond storyline didn’t really get any better. The world-building suffers quite a bit from this and so the where/why/when of the god-bonds is never quite clear to me. So I didn’t feel as invested in their defeat. Nor did I ever think the MCs might not prevail. 

I did enjoy the continued evolution of Oli and Nox, as well as Atlas. Gryphon was my favorite early on but he just felt sort of irrelevant in this book, even with his family story arc. North too. Gabriel remains a bright spot though. 

The spicy scenes were good though they often felt rushed. 

Oil’s friendship with Sage and Sawyer’s bond group also seemed underdeveloped in this one. 

All of that said

I was glad Oli got her HEA and that the epilogue didn’t have her with kids already.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

bangiebangs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I think this was the first one without negative self-commentary on FMC's body? Finally!

Worthy end to the series, though reading it all in one go, it felt a little like this was jumping the shark a bit. I'm still not totally sure what the Resistance was resisting against, exactly, and why...? So that's annoying. Probably should have taken some breaks in between books to make it less intense though. 

But, lots of spice, some good scenes, twists, and turns, and emotions (

though Vivian's death was a bit unnecessary??

). Liked the HEA, and many many plus points for NOT being pregnant in the epilogue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gun violence, War, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Cursing, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

peyton5907's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

BOOK REVIEW : Let me preface this by saying the only reason this book has been given four stars was due to my absolute adoration of the series as a whole. This book on its own, however, had enough dislikable elements that resulted in a finale I can only describe as disappointing. With Silas now dead, we are introduced into the world of the reawakened gods, something that was described, battled and resolved, all in a single book. This was the biggest and most prominent issue for me, followed by Vivian’s unnecessary death, and the cease of character development entirely. I really wish that Tragic Bonds had been the conclusion to this otherwise incredible series, including a six part epilogue featuring a small, final perspective from each of the main characters.      

“At least I got to meet each of them. If only for a few moments in a thousand lifetimes, I got to know those who complete my soul.” 

Ultimately, Oli and her harem of stubborn, hotheaded, addictive men will always have my heart, this series living rent free on my list of all time favourites. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, War, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Car accident

peeshy's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Vomit, Blood, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death, and Gun violence

katyakat's review

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Car accident, Gun violence, Death, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, and War