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Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

15 reviews

maryia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Enjoyed the storyline of this book. 
Did not like the pet name cherub. Kinda gross considering she was 16 when they first met and ‘fell in love’. Felt like the ending was rushed and didn’t really make a lot of sense so I’m hoping the next book has more about it. 

I liked the world building and their flirty relationship with each other. Can’t wait to read the next book and hopefully get some more insight into the cool new world 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, and Alcoholism

skylarkindareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, and Stalking

Minor: Trafficking and Dysphoria

anasc007's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, Slavery, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Torture

sarah_br's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

I liked it but didn't love it. The storyline was interesting, some minor plot twists kept it interesting, love Callie as a character, although is story may be considered problematic due to

the relationship between Callie and Desmond beginning when she was 16/17, classic "hundreds of years old male love interest" trope, and that it could be considered unrealistic and cliche how quickly she's able to come to terms with her trauma because she's with Des

I'll continue go read the rest of the series to see where it goes, especially after the last few chapters where the plot kicked in more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Vomit

regnistegra's review against another edition

65% of the way through this book and giving up on it. The story concept is interesting, but the writing style is not for me. In particular, every time I read a passage with Temper (the Black best friend) I am taken out of the story because of what a cartoonish portrayal of a Black woman this white woman writer has created. It’s awful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Rape