Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

8 reviews

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Stalking, Death, Gun violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Abandonment, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Drug use, Grief, Police brutality, Rape, and Torture

savreads28's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Gore, and Death of parent

mollyb13's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

The storyline from All In just continued on and got even more twisted and complex as it went. Definitely had trouble tracking all the characters at certain points. The series just got more and more off the wall *cHaOtiC*, and not always in the best way...

That being said, I still loved the found family. Loved that this time around we got more backstory on Michael & Lia. Loved the addition of

Celine - wish she had been included a bit more heavily

.  And I will always and forever be an Agent Sterling fan.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

tiana_king's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

It was disappointing how much about the cult was left up to the imagination. I really loved this book until the end

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Self harm

Minor: Infidelity

lucyford's review

dark 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

4.5

As always, I really enjoyed this book. It’s probably my second favorite out of the whole series, and definitely was the hardest to wrap my head around, but I loved it nonetheless. Jennifer Lynn Barnes perfectly wrapped up the series in this book, and I loved seeing everything gradually get resolved, and questions get answered, particularly about Cassie and Lia’s lives (plus Michael was extra unhinged). Overall, I’m so glad I read this series and I couldn’t have asked for a better final book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Self harm, Infidelity, and Rape

carsonbailey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Abandonment, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

The finale. I actually postponed reading this one because I was still processing the last one. I read this in two sittings. I read chapter one on one day and the rest in another day. It’s a book that you can’t put down. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Drug use

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I am absolutely and utterly shocked. Jennifer Lynn Barnes has me absolutely shocked. My jaw has dropped and I’ve had to pause reading so many times because I cannot comprehend how Barnes thought of this, and connected it so well. The way that the other books with seemingly unrelated topics/cases all tie together is absolutely brilliant. I was 100% addicted to this whole series. I want so badly for there to be more of these books. These books were such good ya suspense/thriller books, I highly recommend. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

I would say this is more for older teens, at LEAST 13+ if not higher. It is suspense/thriller and deals with murder and serial killers, so not for the faint of heart