Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto

6 reviews

ziaxx's review against another edition

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I just can't believe my eyes!!!! This is the same author who wrote The Auction. 😑

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

marirene's review against another edition

4.0

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Julie Soto has a way of making me feel what her characters are feeling and empathizing with them and their predicaments even if I don’t actually like the characters. She also writes spicy scenes very well. I’ve enjoyed everything else I’ve read by her and this fits that bill. It’s not perfect. I wasn’t in a headspace to enjoy another story of a male-led world where women are subjugated and oppressed. That’s on me, not the author. I really had a hard time stomaching all the virginity = purity talk. I understand it was the bad guys doing it, but I was just so over it :D I understand this story was inspired by other author’s work and originally a fan fiction, but honestly that had zero bearing on the enjoyment or understanding of this story. I think the publishers did J. Soto a disservice by marketing it so heavily as a fan fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War

klara_lovelace's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Es war ein wirklich gutes Buch und ich werde auf jeden Fall, denn nächsten Band lesen, jedoch war er ,besonders in der Mitte, etwas schleppend und es wurden immer wieder Sachen wiederholt. Ich weiß, dass es mal eine fanfiction war, bei denen solche Wiederholungen oft nötig sind, da zwischen den Kapiteln viel Zeit liegt. Trotzdem bin der Meinung man hätte das, vor der Veröffentlichung, beheben müssen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

kelenmelon's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

elie98's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, War

Minor: Animal cruelty

autumnsreadingadventure's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Did I finish this book or did it finish me???? 

I love knowing the lore behind this book but I am not a dark dramoine reader so I’ve never read the fanfic version of this and I am so glad. I had a general idea of one part of the plot but this was so much more than I anticipated. 

This world felt fresh and unique in its own way. I found the characters interesting and the magic system was unique and I enjoyed learning more about the world. I felt like this FMC was intelligent but also naive due to the circumstances of her position. I found the MMC and his family so interesting and layered in their motivations. 

Due to the ending which was AMAZING AND HAD MY JAW ON THE FLOOR. I believe this is going to be a series since it was originally a fanfic and those are generally way longer than a traditional book I’m sure it was best to break the plot up. I also found that a lot of the darkness that was most likely included in the OG fic was mostly like edited down, as someone who usually avoids dark romances I appreciate that it had the dark elements that let you know DARK things are happening but it didn’t give you every dark thing in graphic detail. 

I know Julia Sotto is already a published author but I am so happy to see an OG plot idea that was a one off in one of her fanfics be transformed into its own universe. 

I was given this book as an e-arc by Netgalley for free in exchange of my honest opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail