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Scarred by Emily McIntire

125 reviews

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

hanschub's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i adore slow burn enemies to lovers, but the old timey language and ideals bothered me (even though they were part of the time period). i’ll definitely be reading the other books in the series!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Suicide

skb163's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Cursing, Torture, Murder, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

idk what this says about me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child death

nscheuermann's review

dark emotional tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
I was incredibly excited about the idea of such a popular movie from my childhood to be reimagined and brought to me as an adult. I loved beyond belief the little ways that the movie was brought in to this real world setting, playing on the names, reimagining scenes from the movie, etc. The very steamy sections if the book definitely made for an interesting read.
I listened to the audiobook and the casting for the voice of Tristan was perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

leighlo_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

“If you want to burn down hell, you must learn to play the devil’s game.”

I thought this one was just okay. It dragged in certain areas. I really liked Sara though, she actually had a personality and was strong and independent, unlike Wendy from the first book. I loved the way the story ended. It came back full circle. 

- Lion King retelling
- Set in early 1900s
- Dark, royal romance
- Forbidden/enemies to lovers 
- Revenge plot 
- Slow burn 
- Family feuds/scheming 
- Calls her “little doe” and “ma petite menteuse” 
- Spanking
- Altar scene 🥵
- Virgin FMC 
- Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault