Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle

7 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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This was a cute read. I had a good time. I thought parts were funny. I liked the romance between Rose and Shen, and I thought the relationship between Wren and Tor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: War, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Death, and Animal death

2blueshoes's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Sometimes in order to write convincing character development, your characters have to be very unlikable at the beginning of your book. For me, this was the case here. I almost stopped reading about a third of the way through, BUT I’m glad I didn’t. About half way through the book, Wren and Rose become much more thoughtful and less juvenile and their dialogue becomes much more witty and engaging. 

There is some romance in this story, but it is not the main focus, and the “heroes” are very much secondary characters. (Albeit very charming ones). Spiciness is fairly tame - it’s mostly longing looks. 

Overall a fun read, with increasingly like-able characters. (Low key obsessed with Celeste.) Not life changing - I did not want to stay up all night reading this book, but I’ll definitely read the next one in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Murder

Minor: War, Confinement, Vomit, Sexual content, Death of parent, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

Princess and the Pauper retelling, kind of. A bit too long especially cause it's a duology. I felt like they could've cut at least 100 pages. Plotline was a bit predictable for regular ya fantasy readers. I likely won't continue with book two as I feel like I know what's gonna happen and I'm not moved to read another 500 pages.

2/5 🌶️ basically some hot and heavy kissing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: War, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual content

katvou'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

This was fun to read, with likeable characters and quite an predictable yet enjoyable plot. I recommend it to fans of the Lunar Chronicles as it has a similar style, and The Priory of the Orange Tree for the theme of re-examining history (and another queer-normative world!). The clichés and unoriginality made for quite a relaxing read, although I wasn't always a fan of the romance (why did the characters' attraction to each other make them forget everything important and throw caution to the wind?) – I suspect that's a case of me no longer being in the target age range, however :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual content, and Torture

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: War

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcohol