Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

22 reviews

danparrock's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

sariereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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: Homophobia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

magic_multicolored_miracle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

A delightful romantic romp, between two young men who are smart when it comes to other people, but incredibly dumb when it comes to one another. The will-they-won't-they keeps you on edge through every twist of their journey, and the book will keep you on edge until the very last page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Deadnaming, War, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

booksthatburn's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

ONE NIGHT IN HARTSWOOD is everything I hoped for, and more; a gay romance which mostly takes place during a several week journey by horse, as one man returns home and the other flees an oppressive household. I love romances that are built on communication, which is somewhat ironic, given that both Raff and Penn are keeping major parts of their identities secret, even if they talk about everything else. Normally, lying in relationships stresses me out, but the symmetry of the fact that both of them are keeping the same level of secret and don’t know if the other one is safe to trust with it helped it be less stressful for me. 

This is set up to have at least one sequel, though its particular story is self-contained. Rather than leave an obvious story hook open, it ends with the characters in new situations which grant the possibility of future events without demanding any particular follow up. 

I love Penn and Raff, I like them as individual characters and I enjoy how well they work together. They each have very different relationships with their families. Penn seems to be close with two of his several siblings, despite neither showing up for very long. His father is terrible, rather unambiguously playing the villain. Raff has close and mostly loving relationships with his sister and brother, and, despite their differences, they seem to understand each other fairly well. Not much is shown of Raff's relationship with his father, but what is there seems to be filled with respect and care.

Other things I love, in no particular order: how much of the time is spent just traveling and sleeping in the woods and dealing with inns; the wound care towards the end of the book; the way Penn obviously grows as a person; the more subtle ways that Raff starts to trust in other peoples' competence.

This was great, I want more, and I'm eager for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Confinement, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Classism, Blood, Death, War, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, War, Classism, and Physical abuse

mabellene'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

bi_n_large's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, and Blood

camillatd's review

adventurous emotional hopeful

3.5

Fun, indulgent, and adventurous queer historical romance for fans of BBC Merlin and Cat Sebastian. Heavy on the tropes (hurt/comfort, angst, mistaken identity, forbidden love, huddling for warmth, "who did this to you?", etc.), which I found largely enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

lexi_air's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent