Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Predator by RuNyx

7 reviews

papiliv's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

In a fucked up way, I did love this book. Even if I didn’t always love the characters, I kind of know that wasn’t the intention and they all had so much personality, context, reasons for their actions and being. Tristan Caine isn’t a loveable, ideal book boyfriend and he’s not a character I like, honestly. The ending scene was incredible and just added depth. I’m ready to see what happens next, how he builds as a character. I really liked Morana in general, idk how she dealt with Caine and how their relationship actually started, he was only interested/showed interest over text lol. But I’m happy that she was powerful and stood her ground and a genius!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

amanda_reads13's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Morana, the genius daughter of a Mafia lord, has created a super code that was stolen. Suspecting it was stolen by the elusive and lethal Tristan Caine, the only non -blood member in a rival Mafia family, Morana infiltrates his house intent on killing him and stealing back the code. But something bigger is going on and these two enemies must put their hate aside to fight it. 

I am not a huge fan of 3rd POV.  I wish this had been in 1st and dual POV, it would have been so much more interesting. 

Morana is apparently a genius. I guess this is a case of book smart but not street smart. Seeing as she is a "certified genius" and Mafia daughter, she sure makes some very poor decisions. We are meant to see her a strong and fierce, but she really isn't. 

Tristan's backstory is extremely horrific and that explains why is is the way he is. It would break most people, but it just turned him deadly. This could have made for very interesting character development, sadly he was petty one dimensional and boring. My take away is that he has beautiful blue eyes and whisky voice, as we are told 10000x. 

I thought the idea behind the plot, with the code, was interesting. But it quickly fell to the side as so many other things were introduced and made the plot super messy.

the missing girls, the impending Mafia war, the romance, escaping her father etc...

I did like Dante and Amara and am interested in their book! 

Tropes: Mafia, enemies-to-lovers, dark romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Torture, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

tguccione's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Torture

cait_0310's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

(No spoilers) 
I was in a bit of a reading slump and nothing was helping. But then I found this book and I almost stayed up all night to finish it, it was that good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

dearestreader's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

musicalbibliophile's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i had better expectations i think the way everyone talked about this book but everything seemed to happen so fast with not much development. I am intrigued enough to continue on to the next book in this series to see how their story ends. All in all a solid 3 star, I liked it, I guess but I didn't love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse and Trafficking

courtneyhope21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Violence, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual content