Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Barbarian's Hope by Ruby Dixon

9 reviews

katiekeske's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is finally Asha and Hemalo's book. This one is sad and emotional, but I enjoyed it and was glad to see Asha and Hemalo work their issues out. Major trigger warning for grief and talk of child loss. 

This one is a very slow burn. The couple has a lot of trauma to deal with before they can get back together in a healthy way, but they do get their HEA. 
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kb33's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This isn't a spoiler because it's talked about in other books, but here's a TW/content description for those who wonder if they should skip this book: Asha and Hemalo had a baby who was born early and only survived a few hours. Their grief tore them apart, and they are separated at the beginning of this book. The death of the infant is not described on page, but it is frequently mentioned, and Asha's grief is described in detail. This is a spoiler:
In the epilogue there is a detailed childbirth scene of their second child, who is born healthy.
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scoobygirl93's review against another edition

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4.0

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stupidcat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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l_piller's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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bbygirl21's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really loved this one. It gave me a new perspective on Asha and why she behaved the way she did to everyone. While not entirely excused it explains a lot into her actions. She has a very fiery and stubborn personality and not everyone understood the way she grieved. 

I also loved seeing her and Hemalo working through the issues of their relationship. Their issues definitely came down to each other's actions and their clear lack of communication and it didn't help that they have such differing personalities. But once they got through the miscommunication issue, I think they have a great relationship in the end. They both clearly love each other they just didn't always show it in the best ways. Actions truly do matter in the grand scheme of things.  

And I truly felt for Asha and Hemalo when they resonate again both of them knowing that they'll now have to go through another pregnancy terrified of the same results as their first one. But like all the other books this one ends happy and I think it probably has the happiest ending than all the other books so far.

This may actually be my favorite one so far. As always I'm excited to get into the next story.
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martamae77's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

At first Asha’s personality was coming across similar to Liz’s for me but then as we discussed grief and loss and how different people handle those things it morphed for me. I really enjoyed finally reading about her and hemalo  working through their problems and coming together and their happily ever after was so freaking happy I legitimately almost started tearing up. I also liked that Asha was able to go and protect him and they were able to be there and nurture other living beings. Oh and I liked Claire’s POV’s and her friendship with Asha. what a lovely read!
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sidhewitch's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.75

Easily my favorite of the whole series so far. Instead of bringing conflict in from outside forces, the conflict is entirely within the relationship as two Fated Mates who have fallen away from each other must find a way to come back together. Even though it all boils down to communication issues, it was very understandable how the characters got into their situation and why they stayed there, and why it was so hard to get out. This made me feel a lot.

GIANT content warning for much discussion of, and dealing with the fallout from, loss of a baby.
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