Reviews tagging 'Rape'

What Hunts Inside the Shadows by Harper L. Woods

19 reviews

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

The pacing is odd because the first half is a lot of repativie dialogue and not a whole lot going on adventure wise. There is a ramp up in smut which I don't mind but it seemed like after any little movement towards the goal, the characters needed to stop and bang it out. 

It finally gets interesting at the end but then it feels rushed to get it over with. It definitely sets up the next book though and I will definitely read it but this felt like a long filler to tie the first and third books. I did enjoy seeing the growth of Estrella and her powers but that's all the character growth that happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Rape

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Animal death, Medical content, and Rape

nightgoesblack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Bullying

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Rape

anmccrary2's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Rape

lilithreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, War, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

cassie12_21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Cliff hanger. I wanna kms rn. 😭. More smut in this book though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Torture, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Stalking, War, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Suicidal thought are not due to depression.

bakunzi1990's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

There are some parts of this book that I love so much I feel like you'll always be inside my heart however there are some parts of the book that were so out of the norm and pornographic that I had to detach myself from the book and situation.  It would have been an easy 5 stars without all the strangsex. That's just not my thing. 

It's feminist in one line then in another I'm cringing from the language he uses with the MC. Kinda gives mixed signals as if the author herself was conflicted herself. 

The world building was top notch as well as the friendships. The evolution of the MC is as well. I'm still looking forward to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape

glass_carousel's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape

deeandtea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I really struggled with this book. I enjoyed the first one - the characters were interesting, the world was new, and I bought into the magic of it all. It took until about 75% of the way through the book for Estrella to even accept having a mate. This is where I struggle most with the book - for Estrella and Caldris, everything takes ages. It was the same conversation between them for most of the book and at some point it became exhausting. 

The pacing aside, the world building was a bit odd. There wasn’t much explored or explained and what was shared was just regarding the fae/human mate bond. It felt that Estrella was literally in the same settings as book 1, and so the plot felt cyclical rather than linear, and didn’t showcase much character growth. 

The last 20% of the book was quite good, but even then the main plot elements were rushed and confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape