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Scarred by Emily McIntire

120 reviews

angelofthetardis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I reviewed this book last year, but have listened to the audiobook as it's about to drop off of the Audible Plus catalogue. My thoughts on the story haven't changed; while I don't think it's the best written of the series, overall I think Tristan and Sara are my favourite pair from the Never After world.

However, the narrators were all wrong for the characters in my opinion. The biggest issue for me is that Tristan's narrator has a voice that sounds far too old for the character! When paired with the youthful, saccharine sweet voice of Sara's narrator, this alone detracts greatly from his character. It made it really hard to imagine him as a devastatingly handsome 26 year old dark Prince and kept giving me big age gap, overbearing letch vibes. Sara's voice is probably a bit closer to my expectations, but it felt like it was missing the core of steel that the character has - she almost has the opposite problem of sounding too young. There was also a lot of gasping for breath between sentences, which got on my nerves after a while.

As a whole, it does do a good job at bringing the story to life, and in some respects I think it probably does a better job than the paperback at conveying the build up. But it does also highlight some of the flaws in the writing (I didn't realise the amount of times a character 'tsks' until I listened to this!) which you probably don't notice as prominently when reading a physical copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, Body horror, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Racism, Alcohol, Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Abortion, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

rainbowsandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

ltlmz's review

dark

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

The book states that this is not a retelling, but it is so Lion-King coded that it's difficult to get past that. Dark romance that's Lion King with humans (but somehow not Hamlet).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

kylasmv15's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Grief, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Mental illness, Abortion, Rape, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

cristina_reading24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Abortion, Gore, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape and Abortion

bgarske's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The sex is great, but takes a while to get there.
The twists!
Most importantly, the love is so, so beautifully written. Honestly, all the emotions are beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Gore, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

No rape

dearhaleynicole's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

Emily McIntire strikes again! Forbidden love, strong FMC, and “I’ll burn the world for you” vibes really made this one for me. I enjoyed "Hooked" when I read it last year, but I think I ended up liking this one more! I will say, I think I need to start reading the physical books. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of this as an audiobook. I listened up to about 30% as the audiobook but wasn't getting into the storyline as much. Nothing against the VAs, I just sometimes don't connect the voices well to the characters and it kept taking me out of the story. But when I switched over to my physical copy, I enjoyed it way more!

Also, side note: Emily is such a nice human! I actually recently picked up my copy of "Scarred" because she lives close to me and did a little signed art card drop at a local Target and I was able to snag one! The art that she had done of Scar & Sara B. by the fountain is ✨stunning✨ and I loved having that visual while reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

coris_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

rainbowflamingos's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, and War

vreyna20_2004's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

 After I read Hooked, I didn’t have high expectations for the ending. But boy was I wrong. Just like in Hooked I was invested from the get-go but not only did Scarred have a badass fmc but Tristan was so hot. James felt more edgy, and Tristan felt more realistic like a morally gray man and good lord did I fell in love with him. And yes, after Micheal died, Tristan did rule Gloria Terra, but he did something that I didn’t expect which was giving Simon the crown which just made me tear up. God, I loved this book so much. The ending didn’t feel rushed in actuality it felt perfect however I did feel as if Michael’s death just happened almost like the author wanted to get rid of him. I had hoped that Michael and Tristan would have a talk before he died but that didn’t happen. If it did, I would’ve given this book a 5 star. I also hated reading “milking” during the sex scenes but that’s just a peeve of mine. Other than that, I loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Blood