Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Royal Blood by Aimée Carter

17 reviews

frombookstoreaders3's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

There was a bit more drama than mystery, which I had to get used to.  I could see this as a made for tv series, with the drama and minimal love interest.  This of course ended on a slight cliff hanger, which I'm debating if I want to read the next book in the series.  
If you don't mind teen drama, enjoy the English royalty, with a side of mystery, this is the book for you. 
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delz's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

This story starts with an angsty teen rebellion, but  Evangeline Bright is much more than that. She’s been expelled from 9 boarding schools over 6 years, her father is the King of England and her whole life she’s been King Alexander’s illegitimate secret. After her untimely dismissal from boarding school she’s going to England to meet her father for the first time in her memory. Evan/Evie/Evangeline must overcome many obstacles, personal and public, including a murder where she becomes the leading suspect. This story is  really good and I would definitely recommend. 
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evawondergem's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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beckyremillard's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-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

4.75

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theweatherwriter's review against another edition

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

3.5

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lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious relaxing fast-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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katewheels13's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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mspecht's review against another edition

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

4.0

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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

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

4.25

The media and the family of the royal bastard gang up to make her life hell, but she gets through it. Once a potential love interest is killed, who is the killer, and who's trying to frame her?
This book was a good mix of dark/emotional and funny. I wish there were more of the fun parts and less of the dark and emotional parts. The book's first half felt more like a contemporary romance, but the second half was more of a thriller. I would have preferred less romance. 
Overall a pretty good book that covered some hard topics. I really appreciated the compassion and understanding of the author for the mother who struggled with schizophrenia. I also liked that she made sure to have a part in there that corrected the assumptions of some of the general public that people with schizophrenia are violent, when in fact they're more likely to be the victim than the perpetrator of violence. 
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laurel_delaney's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

This book was a random grab off the “new” section at the library after I read the bio I knew I’d love it! However! I wish on the book itself there was some sort of content warning. This book very heavily talks about rape and sexual assault and it really threw me off, I wish I would have checked the warnings on story graph. But if I had maybe I wouldn’t have picked it up, and aside from the sensitive topics I enjoyed the book! I made so many predictions along the way and got some right! But also some really wrong because all the twists keep you on your toes! This is a rather new release and I didn’t see much hype about it anywhere (but maybe I’m blind) which is a shame because I really enjoyed reading it!
I’m not gonna say much here… other then kit and Evan are my OTP. I say that a lot but truly I love those two I was rooting for them for soooooooooo long and I’m so happy they end up together. Now I know there are rumored sequels especially because of how it ended, and if kit and Evan break up I’m not finishing the books (I’m kidding I’m too invested I’ll just cry)
10/10 would recommend 
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