Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark

17 reviews

katiekeske's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A great poly monster romance! Each love interest was well developed, and the spicy scenes were creative, hot, and full of consent. I was looking forward to reading this book for a while, and it did not disappoint!

Grace is a sweet heroine who has to work through her personal issues due to her hurtful family. She has been on some terrible dates and decides to go to the match maker at the bathhouse (the same from Stalked by the Kraken!). 

This is a MMMF relationship. I thought the relationship dynamics were interesting since the Gargoyles were all already established in they own polyamorous relationship before meeting Grace. 

If you see the trigger warnings, the villain in the story is responsible for the

stalking, vandalism, kidnapping, and body shaming.

. It's brief and not overwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming and Kidnapping

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

dark emotional funny relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief

thelongautumn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Death and Grief

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

book_lover56's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Spectacular....

This book gave everything with a little twist of gargoyle. There was breeding, knots, size difference and I mean significant size difference. Character development, with awesome plot writing. Like just awesome must read again. Ooo and the praise 😉 and I discovered a kink

tails in places 😏

. This book cared everything down to the end. Love it. Must read Lillian Lark. 😍😍😍😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming and Stalking

Minor: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

psydneigh's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun little book. I cried so hard, and I loved the dynamic between the boys. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, and Classism

bookedinsideout's review against another edition

5.0

I had no idea what knotting was and I’d never read a gargoyle romance, but I loved this so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief