Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

22 reviews

kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

per my spreadsheet:
such a fun read! i love a fun lil adventure.

spice 🌶  - a 4 🌶  spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Cursing, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

azmadaz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Sexism

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

Really enjoyed the narrator's vocal performance. She did a great job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Blood, and Terminal illness

hillgoodharv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Sexism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Cancer, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, and War

maddiegrace2002's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Blood and Violence

lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

they're so horny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Blood

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

Being a massive Indiana Jones fan, I was all too hopeful that this book would scratch my itch for archaeological adventure while also presenting as a fun romcom. I admit that I saw the title and was immediately taken. 

However… it was a bust. It had some fun adventure elements and the plot of looking for the final resting place of a fictional Mexican warrior was really promising. I enjoyed some of the parts where the characters actually found the Aztec ruins/remains. But then it just kinda went overboard with stereotype—ridiculous high stakes, multiple potential villains, cliche romance.

Yeah. The romance. It was pretty cringe. And unfortunately, the FMC reads like she was written by a man, the way she is described and even the way she talks sometimes. The MMC’s POV chapters definitely didn’t help when referring to her body and skills etc. The sex scenes seemed way too heavy on the physicality and reputation of the FMC than on the actual passion and relationship between the two. Idk, everything the FMC did seemed over-sexualized, especially considering a major part of her character was trying to escape those stereotypes. It just seemed like the author fed too much into it that it sort-of had the opposite effect that she was going for. Maybe I just found the writing too cheesy and awkward. And the fact that the MMC was THIRTY-EIGHT-YEARS-OLD and acted the way he did and said the things he did really gave me the ick. 

It was a quick read overall and I never wanted to DNF it, I just was disappointed with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Stalking, Misogyny, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Terminal illness, Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Child death

lunahale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.75

i love a good academic rivals to lovers!!! and the little mystery plot running through this was fun. i did have a couple qualms, but overall this was enjoyable and i’m glad i read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Cancer