Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Risk by S.T. Abby

79 reviews

sarah_amy's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Feels too early to give a high rating and it's such a short novel. Intrigued enough to read the next one. Quite graphic on the violence in the name of justice, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. Fair bit of spice. Looking forward to seeing more substance in the relationship than just sex (not that I mind it, but only if it digs deeper than the surface 'because they're hot') and getting into the complexities of the situation they're in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Rape, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit

meeklovestoread's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a decent start to the series. It was fun, but nothing mind-boggling to me. Hopefully, that will change once we get more into the story. Quite frankly with the way people talk about it, I thought it was going to be darker than it was. Maybe that will come within the next book(s). Not going to lie, I'm much more interested in Lana's past, her sprees, and Logan's cases than the romance. My qualm with this book is that it's not very descriptive when it comes to settings and side characters. And Lana's past is given to us very ambiguously. Not a big fan of the flashbacks, but it's whatever I guess. Hope we learn more in the future books. Also, this is a side note, but I'm reading this book while listening to it and I don't recommend the audio. I've never said this about any of the audiobooks I've listened to, but I don't think the voice actors match the story at all so just something to note if you're thinking of listening to the book.

Spice Rating:🌶️🌶️.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Rape, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Stalking, Sexual violence, Cursing, Gore, and Vomit

k_coston's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Child death, Death, Body horror, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic friendship

encrooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Kidnapping, and Stalking

aisdorchaling's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

sillyfatty's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Blood, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, and Vomit

ellaticonstellation's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This novel is disturbing. It broke me that Lana had to experience horrible things in her life. Plus the death of her brother is so sad. Her mind is super dark and her humor even darker. Agent Logan Bennet might be a great FBI profiler, but when it comes to his romantic interests, he is blind because of her charms. Damn, he will kick himself later when he finds out and I’m here for it. The twisted serial killing/revenge had me on the edge of my seat. Thank you, S. T. Abby, for this. No wonder your pen name is STABBY, lol. This is a great start to the series.💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Confinement, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Violence, and Death

vendy_kha's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book reads itself... I read it in one sitting, which is something I rarely get to do. It's shorter, the writing is flowy, the theme is intriguing - albeit I highly recommend reading trigger warnings before going into this tale because you won't be able to stop reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Torture, Sexual violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

Trigger warnings!!!

countesslemongrab's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really good plot and the characters are really interesting. Made me instantly think of Criminal Minds with the quotes at the beginning of each chapter. With how sort this is, I feel like it should have been combined with at least one other book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Infidelity, Stalking, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, and Car accident

zojali's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Torture, Stalking, Gun violence, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death