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Redeemed by Lauren Asher

2 reviews

nineinchnails's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.0

this is such a big improvement from the first 3 books. it helped that we didn’t meet the fmc in the earlier books & she wasn’t hinted at before we got to this book bc that usually takes a lot of the fun out for me with interconnected standalones - i hate anything being spoiled and it feels like one big spoiler. we saw a lot of santiago before redeemed so we can really appreciate the change in him in a way that would be harder for us to conceptualise had we not known him 3 books ago!

also this is probably a me issue but the message of this book felt very “yeah life sucks but stop acknowledging how much it sucks and get over it already” and i hate that in otherwise lighthearted books i didn’t come here for a lecture😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Miscarriage

Amputation, Phantom pain, Claustrophobia, Opioid abuse, Depression, Trauma and Child neglect

marine2907's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content