Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

90 reviews

wynwicket's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I don't have the words for how gorgeous that was and how much I love these characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

luckykosmos's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.5

Anyway so these two were written for me specifically thanks. The humor of the previous book was smoothed into political discourse that was exactly what I wanted and solidly grounded the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism

sarahna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

potatogrr's review against another edition

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide and Sexual assault

displacedcactus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

Ok, so I really liked how this book wrapped up the meta story of the trilogy. The epilogue is downright cozy, y'all. Very satisfying.

Unfortunately, to get there, we have to have Jack and Alan as our narrators, and their relationship and sex life was just not to my taste. I wouldn't have picked this up as a stand-alone or start of a series, and while I wouldn't say their sexual exploits ruined the book for me, they were just less enjoyable for me than the relationships in the previous two books.

If you enjoy a lot of power dynamics, roleplay, and SA-adjacent fantasies, you'll probably enjoy this. Like Jack and Alan are clearly having a great time and being imaginative. The dirty talk is very banter-forward and very spicy. I'll also give Marske points for coming up with a way for them to establish consent and a sort of safe word which felt natural for the characters and the time period, while still letting modern readers feel comfortable that it was all in good fun.

Even though this book wasn't my favorite, I enjoyed the trilogy as a whole enough that I'll keep an eye out for future work from Marske.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Sexism and Racism

thebookgaydar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Ableism

ramakn22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Rape, and Pregnancy

sashahc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

I finished "A Power Unbound," the final book in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy.  It was a great end to the series and I loved seeing all the characters in one book being goofy magical Edwardian queer friends together.  You need to read the first two to understand this book, but you definitely should.  It's V. Spicy, fyi.  I want to go back and re-read the whole series now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder

tigerkind's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

Feelgood and Intelligent. Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, Classism, Sexual content, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexism