Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon

22 reviews

rae_meadows's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Sexism, and Rape

typedtruths's review

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.25

 yes, my first read of 2024 was a why choose monster romance... choices were made. we're setting the tone for the year to be reading whatever i want with unashamed joy

▷ Representation: Amon (li) is Egyptian; Auguste (li) & Jonathan (li) are achillean/mga; polyamorous relationship.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Rape, and Violence

➸ Trigger warnings for classism, slut-shaming & sex work-shaming, threats of rape (on-page), sex work, alcohol consumption, blood & injury depiction, attempted murder by drowning and strangulation (on-page), murder (off-page), kidnapping and captivity (secondary character), disappearance of a loved one, loss of autonomy (possession), and housefire resulting in loss of property.

myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Is there a lot of spice in this book? Absolutely. Luckily for us, it also includes a fascinating world and fantastic plot and cast of characters. If you don’t like high spice books, the plot will likely be lost in the sea of smutty delights BUT the plot is truly interesting and just complex enough to keep you interested but not so complex you’re bogged down in a more complicated book (it’s not a simplistic book, I mean more that some books take more concentration to remember all the details and complicated world building, and I’m not always in the mood for that.)

Now, am I huge Kathryn Moon fan in general? Absolutely. I love her characters, I love the bigger picture she has us thinking about and questioning in every book she writes, no matter how smutty the book is, she manages depth to at least a singular topic, if not more, and I think that takes talent. 

Lola and the Millionaires is my threshold for a 5⭐️, and that’s one of my fav books of all time, in general, so it’s stiff competition so a 4.5 is hella good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Cursing

Minor: Rape and Grief

There is mention of rape, and rape happening in other manor homes but it is not described further, and is threatened once in the book but it does not happen.

feralsarah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Classism, and Grief

discarded_dust_jacket's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I needed a solid monster romance that would have me giggling and kicking my feet, and this book has been on my radar for so long so I figured I’d finally give it a shot. It definitely didn’t disappoint. I liked the characters, I enjoyed the romance, the spice was spectacular, and I’ll for sure be checking out the other books in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Rape

shinyfox's review

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Torture and Murder

Minor: Rape and Alcohol

midnacine's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Only reason I'm knocking half a star off is because it took me a long time to get into this book. I don't know how long I would've taken to get through it if I didn't switch between reading on my Kindle and listening to the audiobook.
But really, don't listen to the reviews that say "no plot, just monster dick" because there is a really good plot going on. Mystery, betrayal, mystical intrigue... and the characters are all fun and interesting. To be fair, I'm fairly indifferent towards Esther, but I love all the men, save for Amon. He's on thin ice. Overall, a good time with good smut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

carla20's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape

samantha_ellen's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Surprisingly a really cosy read… for a why choose monster erotica! 
I listened on audio & really enjoyed it - the accents were well done & made me imagine an old school London setting.  Over all I loved the fmcs exploration with her sexual side & all the monsters were lovable & consent kings. 
This isn’t my usual read but I enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood

maybephasing's review

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Death