Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Noiva by Ali Hazelwood

22 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? No

4.0

This book was an entertaining intro to the omegaverse! The politics and backstory of the vampires vs weres vs humans was really interesting, and I loved seeing Misery come to love the werewolves and their culture. I wish some concepts had been explained a little more. I enjoyed these characters but they didn’t have a lot of depth. While I liked the romance for the first 3/4 of the book, I really hated the relationship dynamic toward the end and how Lore lied and gaslit Misery once their relationship progressed 🙄 obviously that resolved but I just didn’t like how the relationship evolved overall when things got sexual, or how easy it was for her to forgive him, or how clueless he was about his poor decision. Overall, this was a fun read, but I feel like there is more that could have made this a really great book in this paranormal romance category.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

5/5 for this paranormal romance from Ali Hazelwood! 

I absolutely loved Misery. She’s dark and sarcastic and had me howling like a wolf multiple times. Lowe’s level of mystery and broodyness was perfect. 

The spice was spicy and the plot sucked me in like a vampire sucks on a vein. 

I wish the climax had been more descriptive. Misery’s father monologued forever—which helped Misery and readers understand absolutely everything—but what could have been an epic scene was glossed over in two sentences. I wish there had been more. 

The ending was left open for a second book and I  hope Hazelwood makes this into a series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: War, Car accident, and Death of parent

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

I thought this was a great read! It was a modern take on the classic vampires v werewolves rivalry. I really liked the characters and the side plots that went along with the main plot! There were several times where I audibly gasped because I was shocked at the turn of events! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Gore, and Stalking

nerd_kind's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Classism, Confinement, Blood, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Classism, Gaslighting, Torture, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Car accident, Vomit, Abandonment, and Grief

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Infertility, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Stalking, Outing, Hate crime, Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Self harm, Infertility, Grief, Cursing, Bullying, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Infidelity, War, and Car accident

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

Yuuuuuck!
Hate read with bestie 🫡 It was still yuck! Not improving as an author at all. The smut was phenomenally baaaad (getting worse in each book).
That said, the CHESS BOOK IS STILL ON TOP OF THE HATE LIST so I gave this one 2 generous stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Gaslighting

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent and War

goldenleafbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I could not put this book down. I absolutely adored the characters. Misery being naive to Lowe's feelings was truly believable, which is something that I feel like a lot of authors struggle to pull off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Confinement, Blood, War, Xenophobia, Torture, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, Bullying, and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical content and Gaslighting

abookwormspov's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

Look I'm a sucker for a

fated mates

shifter romance. Was it entirely cheesy? Yes. Was it extremely predictable? Yes. Did I enjoy every second of it? Absolutely!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, and Child abuse