Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Too Wild to Tame by Tessa Bailey

6 reviews

edietz22's review

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, and Alcohol

mj_86's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Toxic relationship

ka_ke's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.5

What a good book. It’s similar to the first one of the series, that both the MCs have a lot of trauma. It’s so deep, though. These are two characters I feel for on such a deep level and I loved them together. Not to mention the dirty talk!!

Opposites Attract, Grumpy/Sunshine, 3 1/2 🔥

“Getting close to another person was suicide, as far as he was concerned. People eventually walked away, although he wasn’t sure if that was a universal rule, or one that pertained only to him.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

sami_leigh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

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

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

“If you’ll let me, I’ll stand by your side and watch you f**king shine. Will you. Will you let me?”

🚗 Book 2 of 4

🚗 Third person limited (switches between MCs)

🚗 Insta love/fate

🚗 Politician who plans /Spontaneous free spirit

🚗 Boss’ daughter

🚗 Road trip with 3 siblings 

🚗 Everyone has a secret/challenge to overcome 

🚗 MC Growth; familial bonds/expectations, self worth, past trauma. 

🚗 The FMC overcoming ridicule & negative reinforcement/conditioning for the way she communicates, experiences joy in life, & is her fullest self, is heartbreaking but beautiful 🙌🏻

🚗 Spicey 🥵 (the dirty talk 🔥)

🚗 Well established secondary characters; the siblings’ complex relationships & backstories are everything!

🚗 Epilogue

This book is available in ebook, audiobook, & paperback in stores & online.

⚠️ Death of a parent, grief, parental abandonment (in past), gaslighting, hostage situation (in past), gun violence (in past), death, childhood trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

thaliareads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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 book was very good. I love Grace and Aaron together. The "forbidden love" aspect linked very well with their instant love connection. I love how confident and resolute Grace is in working towards and doing what she thinks is right. I also loved to see Aaron blossom throughout the book and turn into a more well rounded character than we saw in the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

Grace has dealt with a very heavy past brought about by a parent who doesn't understand what she's capable of. Most of the content warnings deal with her relationship to her family and a traumatic experience at a leadership camp she attended growing up. Aaron is on this journey in part because of his mother's death.