Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

18 reviews

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Strong Black female main and supporting characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Grief and Gore

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Pregnancy

thenerdybookwitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad 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

5.0

Okay, wow. Just wow! I am floored! This was so gooood! Freaking fantastic! I was so pleasantly surprised that this book had so much Witchcraft in it and Greek Mythology. I need to read book 2 I’m going to be crying for it until it comes out 😭 Highly recommend, I’m so happy that my friend recommended this to me it was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Pregnancy

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Classism, Murder, Cursing, and Racism

beca_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

This was such a fun fantasy book. We follow Briseis who has magical plant powers, who inherits a house from her birth family. Her and her mom's go to stay in the house for the summer, where Briseis learns a lot about her magical powers and family secrets. This book cleverly intertwines Greek mythology into the plot which I loved. This is a great retelling of the secret garden, and have already pre-ordered the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

sarah984's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

I was a little bit nervous picking this one up after not really enjoying Cinderella Is Dead, but it really surprised me. This is an urban fantasy story about a teen adoptee with plant powers and an immunity to poison who inherits a mysterious mansion from her birth mother. The powers are interesting and feel unique as we learn about them along with Briseis, and the mystery and gothic feel are compelling. I really liked most of the characters, particularly Briseis and her moms, who have a really great relationship. The romance is a little silly but it gets the job done.

I'm knocking off a star because the pacing got weird near the end (it's a bit of a slow mystery following a trail of breadcrumbs and then in the last 20 pages or so about 4000 things happen) but overall this was a huge improvement and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Violence

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Animal death, Child death, and Infidelity

amabel_xo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Torture