Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

168 reviews

antidietleah's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

superiorwizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Death

ellipsis92's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, and Abandonment

bookameme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Anti-Romance

Quote:📖

“In a few months, the snow will melt, and the world will invade us again, but right now . . . they’re mine. For this one winter, they’re mine.”

Thoughts: 💡
Sometimes I wish P Douglas wasn’t such an entertaining writer. This book sucks you in and keeps you rapidly turning the pages completely engrossed in the story. The problem is that she doesn’t seem to use sensitivity readers. She writes about a few topics that she’s clearly unknowledgeable about and creates very problematic scenarios. I’m certain that this book would rate much higher and be enjoyed by a wider audience if she makes a few revisions.
The characters are all struggling and have intense issues that they really should seek therapy for, instead they just hole up on a mountain and yell at each other. They do end up finding solas and a way to live, and create a very entertaining story. I wish we would have seen more character development, instead what we got were dark themes and crazy hot smut. The bonus chapter found at the end of the paperback gives you a look into Khalib’s struggles and thoughts. I loved that it finally gave insight into a marginalized character and their struggles. If you’re a dark romance reader I’m certain you will enjoy this one, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that doesn’t like darker themes.
As for the audio, I liked that there were four different narrators. The audio quality was a solid 4, as well as the three male narrators. However, I think the female narrator was spectacular and would love to head more from her.

Fun Bits:
⚜️ Super Smutty
⚜️ Lots of Angst
⚜️ An Interesting Plot
⚜️ Some Suspense

Important Note:✨
This book was rereleased by Berkley and the paperback has bonus content that the eBook doesn’t have.

Full Content Warning:⚠️
misogynistic behavior, power imbalance, group sex, sexual violence, dubious consent, suicide, child neglect, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and bondage

Stats:📊
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
💙💙💙💙
Audio: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Narrators: 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
Dark Erotica: Taboo, Love Triangle, Coming of Age, Age Gap, Grief & Loss, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family
First Person, Present Tense, Multi POV
⚠️: misogynistic, power imbalance, group 🍆💦, 🍆💦 violence & harassment, dub con, self unaliving, neglect, & domestic 🤕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Mental illness, and Sexual content

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

b34n13b's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this was my first smut book ever, at my big age, and wowowowow. it was a lot (positive). it intertwines grief and loneliness with unethical desire and action. 4.75/5 for the spicy scenes. some of them will be burned into my memory for many moons to come lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Violence and Sexual violence

yoshi_4's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

illegal, if i didn’t buy this 2 years ago, i would have never read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Incest, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Pedophilia

nicolaj1994's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Cursing, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Incest

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

pipirmetes's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

miniminxxy's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

It grabbed my attention right away and I enjoyed the build-up.

I do wish she would have explored a relationship with Noah, who seemed like the best fit, instead of the step-uncle. I also think it would have been beneficial to have more POVs from Kaleb. The intensity of their relationship came about so fast!

Overall, I devoured it in a little over a day and enjoyed trying to guess who she would chose, if any! 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death