Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

4 reviews

viselik's review against another edition

Just not at all interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Murder, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

sami_leigh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Toxic relationship, War, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Dual POV, third person narration. Relatively strong character development allowing for the reader to truly champion the protagonist. The world building left some description to be desired in order to truly picture the setting of Ithicana and The Bridge. I’m looking forward to the development of some characters -both their relationships with others and the revelation of further backstory -in the sequel. I LOVE the representation of strong female warriors who don’t seem to be questioned based on gender.

Aren and Lara are the perfect enemies to lovers to enemies recipe. I genuinely enjoy when a male MC ‘falls’ first and I appreciated that he was not naive to Lara’s plotting, making his intentions and feelings seem genuine. I want to know more about how Lara’s upbringing has inhibited her trust in Aren as some of her omissions seemed unnecessary and confusing at times. Further character development on her part will be intriguing to watch as it unfolds in book 2.

ka_ke's review

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.5

The Bridge Kingdom is a fun read. The characters are not deep but they are relatable. The plot is nothing new but still an excellent story. It was not nearly as spicy as some people led me to believe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.25

Rep: female MC.

CWs: Alcohol consumption, animal death (snake), blood, death, drug use (MC drugs others without their knowledge), misogyny, murder, sexual content, sexism, toxic relationship (parent/child), violence, war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War