Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

60 reviews

kathyq10's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Absolutely loved this! Really beautiful prose and MUCH better written than a lot of romance I’ve read which is huge for me. The world building is a little weak (still not sure what their magic system is or how it works really; it’s all very vague) but the characters are wonderful and the plot is pretty engaging so I didn’t mind. Great ratio of smut to romance to actual plot development. Spice level is maybe 2.5/5 and the relationship that develops is really lovely. Highly recommend and can’t wait to dive into the rest of the series!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

jamielikestoread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

aansano's review

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

gooseboy's review

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.25

an interesting magic system mixed with a highly compelling romance plot made this book very enjoyable for me! got through it in a little over a day.
side note, did anyone else read robin's dialogue as male hawke from dragon age 2, or was it just me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

discardeddustjacket's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I don’t know why I allowed this to sit on my TBR untouched for so long. It was an utter delight—a pleasure to read.

There’s some authors whose writing style make reading their books like swimming upstream. Not that it’s bad, but it just feels incongruent with the way your mind works, and so digesting the words takes effort and concentration. Then there’s some who just have a way of crafting sentences that feels so satisfying. Like a scalp massage. That was the way it felt to read this book, for me. 

The prose was so elegant and yet accessible. And the characters! So achingly endearing, it almost hurt. I loved this book. A lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

xandry's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

embarcaderosky's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism

carolined314's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

A lovely portmanteau of a book: historical fantasy mystery with queer protagonists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Torture and Outing

pkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

5.0

I’m no fantasy fan, but this was exquisite. Pitch perfect writing, steamy as hell, and overall wonderful. Definite contender for book of the year already!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mossgoblins's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was a lovely read! Great plot, complex, easily lovable characters, and a very interesting development of the magic system!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism