Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

90 reviews

willow_heartfilia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Torture, War, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery and Rape

Regarding the slavery and rape content warnings, if you read the first book then you should know that

it is regarding situations in the past with the characters’ ancestors. However, unlike the first book where you experience the memory walk and witness some of their traumatic memories, Bloodmarked may refer to that knowledge gained in passing, but it doesn’t show anything as prominent.

whewtaewoon's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Grief, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Racism

sankta_aleena's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

SELWYN KANE MY LOVE

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Slavery, and War

saltylane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

The two books in this series (so far??) are full of emotions and plenty of drama & action. There are many mysteries intertwined, and by the end, most are buttoned up nicely… Others are left to either set up for an additional book or  to give readers something to think about after. 
It’s rough listening to some scenes, especially because the reader is excellent at inflecting intense emotions in their voice acting. There are heartbreaking moments, as well as moments that will leave you mentally yelling at the very-much-flawed characters when  they make questionable decisions. 
The author has a good method of fleshing out characters in a way that makes them very three-dimensional and making their interconnected relationships really show in the best and worst ways. The twist endings and plot points are also ones that make sense and aren’t there only to mess with the reader expectations. The end of this book especially makes me want to know the answers to the many questions left by the last words. If there’s not an additional book in the series, the ending still works, even with threads hanging in uncertain directions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Murder, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Bullying, and Colonisation

Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, Transphobia, Sexism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

marippe's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad 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

“That I am Arthur’s heir not by choice or honor, but by violence.”

Bloodmarked didn’t fail to impress me~
Sel’s screentime and rizz was CHEFS KISS.

That ending was criminal… Can’t wait till book 3!!!

that CARIAD SPEECH. got me KICKING MY FEET!! AND SCREAMING!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Xenophobia, War, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, Death of parent, Slavery, Death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

luminescify's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

Just like the first book, this one made me so ANGRY for my girl Bree. Despite using her brain, wanting to protect the people she loves and learn to harness her powers…NOTHING good happens to her. Okay, some good things do, but for the most part it’s a bunch of crap and people trying to kill her with their powers or kidnap her because she’s “gone rogue”. I know this is the point of good characters but I’m so sad for her. Justice for Bree!

I’ve also always been Team Sel, I think I wrote that in my first review. I really don’t like where this book ended but that’s ALSO THE POINT. Gah, I just hope this has a happy ending at the end of it all.

Now my anger has shifted to the fact that I’m going to have to wait a ridiculously long time for this next book to come out!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Rape

xlipkins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Blood, Slavery, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing and Murder

Minor: Rape

chloerachelle's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Murder, Car accident, Colonisation, Slavery, and Rape

bookthief's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

Wowowowowowowo!!!!! Soooo much just happened in this book I don’t know where to begin.

Firstly, I was super shocked that the regents turned on Bree and took her away and was constantly mesmering her and asking questions repeatedly days on end. I thought that was very cruel considering Bree is still young and she is literally their king.

I loved the scene where she finally escaped the regents with the help of her friends and that she was clever enough to figure out that the poison was in her food.

I originally thought Sel was being really sweet and kind for helping Bree even though that meant going against his oath. I was super mad at him when Valec revealed that Sel had been mesmering Bree into thinking he wasn’t giving into demonia.

Throughout the majority of the book, they had been looking for Nick since he was kidnapped by his father at the end of Legendborn. And when they finally found him he ran away. I was in shock considering I thought he would be eager to get back with the gang since they got on soo well and spent so much time and energy trying to find him.

When Bree was at Volition I thought she would master her powers and that would be that, but instead her ancestors didn’t help her and the regents found her.

When she asked Arthur to help her and to possess her I was stunned as Bree did not trust Arthur at all. I felt very betrayed when he would not give the control back to Bree and locked her up in a dream prison. 

I felt so bad for Sel at the end when he turned demonic since he spent so much time trying to help Bree and ended up folding. 

The ending was shocking. I did not expect Erebus to be the demon king or Bree to make a bargain with him.

The book ended so suddenly I was in shock. I cannot wait for the third book to come out ( I hope that’s very soon)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Racism, Torture, and Violence

karly_ackley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Racism, and War