Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid

19 reviews

ellie_murdock's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexism

cup_of_rosie's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

It was a good easy read, i wished there would be more though as I usually do with these types of books. It was a very good retelling of beauty and the beast, and I enjoyed their romance and the disability representation. Overall good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Medical content

sunnyxviii's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 content

daisycantread24's review

hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Drug abuse

iisa's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Pregnancy

kim03's review against another edition

3.5

My thoughts.
Positive:

• Truly adored the writing style.
• The characters. Even side characters were well fleshed out and felt like their own people instead of just a means to an end for the plot and main characters.
• The portrayal of chronic illness. Also the insecurities that come with it.
• The development of the relationship. Well paced, though I wasn't quite d'accord with everything. (Meaning I would've made different choices)

Negative:

• What in the everliving shit was the main man thinking. I do not support a lot of his choices.
  The things he said in anger were inexcusable for me and the fact that the main woman's friends encouraged her to go back to him??? She deserves better (was my opinion after he behaved like the typical proud douchebag). Still happy for their happy end tho.
• His pride (and that is what I identify this as) was my main problem. It stops him from true intimacy, from trusting her and himself, and though I can understand the origin of his insecurities, I still find his reactions... Questionable.
  Case in point: why would anyone insult the woman they love? That made it so hard for me to believe that he actually loved her. This was me during the Fallout scene: 🤨

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

the_vegan_bookworm's review

lighthearted 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

1.75

I found the text to be overly wordy and flowery, which made it tough to get through. The plot was also very reminiscent to "The Duchess Deal" by Tessa Dare, though this book was less polished and the plot was much slower. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Ableism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Medical trauma

marylinaris's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

5.0

I flew through this book so fast - and what a delight it was! 

Going in, I was sure the set-up of the story wouldn’t quite work for me, it just sounded like a giant second-hand embarrassment. Yet it worked and lead into a funny and charming story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Ableism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death of parent

erikareadsheas's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Sexual content