Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Charm by Tracy Wolff

7 reviews

kirahaycock21's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.75

I absolutely loved this book. The only critique I have is how slow it got about 3/4 of the way through. I found myself asking, “Well do you love each other or not?” But other than that, so so so good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylameaux's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Ableism

zanazy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This was advertised to be the story of the four months Grace spent in stone as a gargoyle with Hudson, their love story. I had such high hopes, but instead of being romantic, the four months were a total train wreck of weird and forced storylines that made no sense. Rather than being a story centered on Grace and Hudson’s story, it was a story driven by the craziest plot ever. 

Having read Court, it’s clear then author needed to fill in some gaps before her final book and since us fans were clamoring for the story of the missing four months, she meshed the two. Doing a huge disservice to Grace and Hudson, the first 1/3 of the book which was the bulk of the time they spent in Hudson’s lair was painfully slow to read. Nothing added to their story, it felt rushed, and very forced. Hudson realizes she is his mate right away, but hides it from Grace. Eventually telling her that her mating bond with Jaxon is gone. Although he talks about all his education and sees the strings in Grace, he just knows she’s not human. This makes no sense as we already learned gargoyles and strings are a big part in the other books. Then they enter the shadow world and live there seemingly happily and rent free in an inn, finding jobs, making friends, all while unaware the mayor of this city is basically a fraud and using them… Hudson being so smart misses all the warning signs. Grace finds out she’s a gargoyle and within minutes flies and does a bunch of shit she struggles with in the other books… Hudson is Mr. OMG I should have seen this coming when shit hits the fan, and Grace is a badass fighter, which isn’t bad but way too rushed for someone who at this point in the story has no training or anything. Everything Grace does which should be a first is way too easy for her. The side characters who become important in this life Grace and Hudson live are likable and make up for a lot. 

Some things are better left to the imagination and this book is proof of that. If the author needed to tell us more about the shadow world for her next book, find a different way. Grace and Hudson’s story was not the place to do it in and ruined their relationship and growth in the previous books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

gabsunshine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

cait's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, War, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Abandonment, and Grief

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

I genuinely can’t decide whether reading this immediately after Crave or after the the rest of the series is better. I feel like reading the others after this would be an entirely different experience… but I can’t bring myself to reread them all just yet. Someday. 
Either way, I really like this. It’s still painfully cringey a lot of the time but I don’t care. I’m officially a Hudson fan girl now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Grief, Murder, Blood, Cursing, and Violence

ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I still love this series. I love this book and everything it gives us about Grace and Hudson, especially the latter. Very interesting events and cast of characters these two dealt with!!

I’m a little unhappy with the placement in the series. My preference would have been for this part of the storyline to be placed after book 2 or 3. I get why it falls as number 5, but I don’t love it here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Death, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief