Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

45 reviews

lily_sutton's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

kshertz's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I mean, hard to rate a book about a human having sex with a dragon 😅. But I do like the point that men can be way worse. I was thoroughly entertained by the smutty romance. There’s no plot, there’s no deeper meaning here. Just a woman really enjoying having sex with a dragon man. Met all my expectations 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death, and Physical abuse

c4msx's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Murder

vivivi's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Free of unnecessary drama. There is a little. It doesn't drag out though, which is nice. There isn't much substance to the story, but there are some parts of the characters that are relatable. They are also likeable and sweet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Baby's first monster smut and it was delightful. Only gripe is that I wish it was longer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Physical abuse

korae's review against another edition

dark hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

2.75

cute story to pass time. didn't really love or hate it. i wasn't bored but it also didn't make me want to keep turning the pages yk? 

anyw, i like monster stories so i'll give this one 2.75 stars !! ^^

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

the content warnings i added are for the super briefly mentioned history of her late-husband's abuse (it was off page) but the emotional ?¿ mental ? damage it has caused her does follow throughout the book till she learns to overcome it

azrieldds's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The ending was so sweet 🥺
Over all very nice book
Can't wait to dive into the others
But dragons are my fav so who knows if I'll like the other creatures more than Sol tbh
But yeah <3
Hyacinth is such a cute name bro 🥺🥰🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Emotional abuse

diamondsequallove25's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

All I'm going to say is a dragon with two meat riders

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

hellxriver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

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

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I thought this was a fun concept, and I liked both Briar and Sol as characters. 

My only issue with this book is that it felt short and I could have seen this being really fun as a longer book with a more developed plot and a higher ratio of plot to spice. 

Overall, very steamy and worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Murder

The book starts with Briar escaping her abusive husband, who is killed as part of her agreement with a demon. Discussion of her ex and her experiences come up throughout the book as she and Sol begin to work through them. There is a lot of talk of pregnancy and getting pregnant as a part of the sexual content, but during the timeframe of this book, Briar has no intention of being pregnant. Finally, this book has a large amount of sexual content. This can get consensually violent involving gentle biting (at least as gentle as a dragon can be) that still leaves puncture marks and some occasional blood. They do stress that everything is healed after.