Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas

17 reviews

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-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: Vomit, Sexism, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

iamsammie27's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism, Violence, and Blood

jemms's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

3.0 ⭐, 3.0 🌶️

Characters: 0.5 
Plot: 0.75
Pacing: 0.5
Writing Style: 0.75 
Vibes: 0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Protagonist's mother is sleeping with an abusive man for money to keep the family afloat; this is a very a coercive relationship.

carbs666's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

This book starts off SO strong but it does kind of sag in the middle and become a bit "meh" towards the end (hate to say it about my girl Lisa but it's true), hence the 3 star rating. I love how this book sets up the Wallflowers series and gives you a little bit of information about each of the wallflowers to take into their coming books. 

I appreciate Simon Hunt a lot he really is like a proto Tom Severin (one of my favourite Kelypas heroes) and I also appreciate how Lisa injects her usual threat of deadly violence/accident into this book to bring some additional spice.

The best part of this book for me is when Annabelle gets bitten by an adder (literally what????) and Simon takes care of her. He cuts off her corset!!!! So hot!!!!!

In general, I felt like the potential for external conflict created by that gross lord who was hounding Annabelle and her mom could have been better realized than it was, and while I appreciated how Lisa did inject some peril and conflict towards the end it also felt a bit random when there were other much better set up options. I've read the last 2 books in this series but I've never read this one or the second one, so I expect I will be working thru a full series read/reread in the next little while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kristirose's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Violence

marleywrites'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? No

3.0

misogynistic as hell, but somehow fun 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual assault