Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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181 reviews

alaynacp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I’m not sure how I feel about this book. I only read it because of BookTok. It was interesting to say the least. 

A lot of things bothered me such as the very toxic relationships she has with all of them. I wasn’t too fond of her relationship with Jake. I’m still not sure why she was in love with Kaleb. Especially after he treated her the way he did. I didn’t enjoy the small amount of sexual violence. The spicy parts were very well written but I didn’t enjoy the actual story it was telling. To be honest, I’m not actually sure what the story was supposed to be about other than this young girl and her reverse haram.

All that being said, I think if you love dark romance, this is the perfect book for you. Others, proceed at your own risk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

kiittycatt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

tarnaflake's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Blood

kotashomelibrary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Violence, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Incest

steffi_88's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

bookedwithlex's review against another edition

2.0

honestly had to push through reading this only because I knew how it ended and I needed to know how it happened. the ending isn't really worth the trauma those books caused me. 

page 1 to 200 : nothing really happens. Tiernan learns how to live on a farm and tending to a household in the middle of nowhere in winter. [barn keeping, hunting, fishing, etc] 

200 to 350 : hell breaks loose. literally. a fire, some sexual content [bordeline assault tbh], fights, anger issues, isolation for long period of time. 

350 to 470 : we learn what happened to Kaleb and why he's the way he is. Jake finds the person he needs and Noah realizes racing his the love of his life. 

the 2 last chapters are cute but do not counter balance the darkness in the rest of the book. 

the first 200 pages were useless, my friend who was reading the book picked up where I was so we could read together and she said that she understood everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sienasummerrreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Well, what a wild ride I say. It was going well for most of this book until there was a turning point in why she choose a particular love interest in the end. I did enjoy the book don’t get me wrong just the actions of one character lashing out made me struggle for the last 100 pages of the book I didn’t feel anything for them. I also found it didn’t have much of a plot. The plot mainly revolves around the FMC. My order of choice would be Jake, Noah then Kaleb personally for me. The spice, tension and angst were fantastic though and I enjoyed the intimate emotional moments. Just wished it played out a little differently. 

If you love: 

🔹Taboo Romance

🔹Cabin In The Woods 

🔹Living Off The Land Vibes

🔹Snowed In For The Winter

🔹Tension & Angst 

🔹MFM & Age Gap Scenes 

Genre/Type: Taboo Romance 18+

APK: Physical / Audiobook

Pages: 470

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5

Series or Stand Alone: Stand Alone 

Tropes or Themes: Taboo, Step Family, Forced Proximity, Small Town, Age Gap, Mute MC, Death, Grief & Spice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

despicable_knee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail