Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin

4 reviews

carolined314's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

A mystery in epistles, with 2 non-binary protagonists and delightful magic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, and Deadnaming

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Classism

rupanjali's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment, Classism, Deadnaming, and Death of parent

buttermellow's review

adventurous informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism and Terminal illness

khargaotte's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

This was such a fun read!! Following along the prepublication emails was an amazing experience, albeit frustrating at times when the action slowed down. Additionally, the spicier scenes were very well done, and I now want several spin offs focusing on some of the side characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment and Deadnaming

Injury:

several fights occur during the book, some of them leading to injury. The main weapon used however is one that makes wounds close instantly, so there is rarely blood

Sexual content:

the book is labeled as erotica for a reason, and contains several sex scenes, all of them enthusiastically consensual

Toxic relationship & emotional abuse :

one of the characters has a past relationship that was very toxic; the abuser is one of the main antagonists of the book, but the MC doesn't fall back under their influence. The relationship is described in the book but over by the time of the narration

Death of parent:

the book starts recently after the death of the mother of one of the main characters, whose cause of death is later explained in the book. The father of the same character dies of similar causes during the book.

Fire/fire injury:

the toxic relationship mentionned above ended with the abuser setting fire to the place where the main character was sleeping; no serious injury or death happened because of this fire, but it is described in the book as a memory

Deadnaming:

one of the main character's fakes their death, using their deadname for the funeral to make it more believable

Sexual harassment :

one of the main characters has some unsavory encounters, but nothing goes further than unwanted touches over clothes