Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Havoc at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich

10 reviews

palebea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book is infuriating. Near the start of the book, the Havoc boys say how they are direct with their communication and yet, throughout the book they have been anything but direct. The communication between them all is so poor. One of the main plot conflict themes could very much be resolved if literally any single one of them communicated. 

Also, this is a RH and I'm not used to there being such possessiveness between the men in an RH. It was uncomfortable actually. 
I don't particularly like any of the boys in this either. Maybe Aaron? Oscar is just boring. The only redeeming quality is that surely their communication improves? I'm also not really seeing any grovelling any necessary apologies. Also, feel like I'm being set up for "unexpected" pregnancy. Hate this trope so much.

I love the potential this story has and so I'm going to try the next one and hope it's better because this didn't quite hit the mark for me. And I'm disappointed about it. 

Edit: DNF'd the series. I promise it doesn't get better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

briannagriffin567's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

sleeplesschapters's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Wow. First off, this book is a reverse harem high school bully romance. Very important to remember going in. If you don’t like those things, this will not be for you as it holds true to every one of those tropes. TW rape, abuse, violence, suicide 

Ok now with that warning out of the way, let’s get into it. You really have to put aside any idea of happy life/happy romance ideas you have in your head. That’s not what this is. 

It’s wild. The characters are rough. The language is rough.  By the end it’s really a wtf did I just read type of thing. It must have hooked me though because here I am reading book #2 of the series. 

I loathe reading sex scenes involving minors. I mostly can mostly forget that these characters are in high school (17 years old) while reading because of their circumstances and how they act but still… ick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

jess_sabal's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Murder, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

keilaangel's review

dark emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Child abuse, Incest, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

christy_0909's review

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

The only thing I didn't like is that this feels like the second book. These characters have a whole history that we know nothing about and is only explained in very small glimpses. I feel like it needs a prequel or something to bridge some gaps. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Body horror, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

elenamarmiroli's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Questo libro non è per tutti, in quanto si tratta di un bully romance in cui alcuni dei protagonisti, anche quelli che hanno diciassette anni, sono convinti in scene esplicite. La cosa positiva è che i protagonisti sembrano avere qualche anno in più di quanto hanno realmente. 

Inoltre, in questo libro è presente molta violenza, cosa che può disturbare alcuni lettori. 

Premesso ciò, ho trovato l'opera piacevole da leggere, ma non spettacolare, e inoltre avrei gradito vedere maggior comunicazione tra tutti i protagonisti. 

In aggiunta, devo ammettere che a tratti la scrittura risulta ripetitiva, ma la cosa non mi ha disturbato particolarmente, perché mi sembrava in parte sensata come cosa. 

Per quanto riguarda le scene esplicite, ce n'è un'unica veramente interessante, più o meno a metà libro da quanto mi ricordo. 

In aggiunta devo dire che nonostante sia categorizzato come reverse harem, al momento risulta esserlo in maniera molto limitata, cosa che può piacere o meno. Personalmente avrei preferito una spinta maggiore in quella direzione. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

justkeyreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a dark high school reverse harem I got on a whim in KU. Thia was dark as it surprised me how far these HAVOC boys would go. There are a lot of TWs and darker than I thought. So heads up. The question that kept coming up constantly i it I realized I had to suspend my  belief because there is no way every adult are scared, like deathly scared of a group of 17 and 18-year-olds. Bernadette was a force and my heart felt so heavy with everything from her stepfather, her ex-best friend who sent HAVOC on her the previous school year. But now, Bernadette despite ALL of the that wants revenge on everyone and says one thing that starts the domínio effect- The HAVOC boys. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

ophelia_so_sad's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

vengeance. mystery. intensity. passion. it had all of these things. and like so many books before this one, it caught my attention because of that. love a badass woman protagonist surrounded by assholes who all deeply love her, but won't show it. i don't know why, but it gets me every time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Sexual content