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creativelifeofliz's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This book is definitely not what I expected from the description. There's a lot of sexual assault mentioned and not really fully condemned, and many different tropes all crammed into this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
sdemo08's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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
5.0
I had a hard time with this one but I'm starting to realize because there is a huge miscommunication trope. Thus seems to be a huge part of orc culture in every book so far which comes off in the form of gaslighting and manipulation but by the end is made apparentto be the fault in differences of culture. This particular one has even more miscommunication between the orcs themselves so that was another level of what appeared to be deceit and lies.
Each time I push through, everything wraps up nicely and falls neatly into place with the FMC and MMC working things out and realizing they are lost without each other.
Each time I push through, everything wraps up nicely and falls neatly into place with the FMC and MMC working things out and realizing they are lost without each other.
Content Warnings
Minor: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, War, Hate crime, and Sexual assault
sarahdoesaread's review
5.0
I am not usually a fan of monster porn, which this is basically what this is, or inter-species mating, I suppose. It’s not usually my kind of book.
However! Keyword.
However, this was incredible. Yes, it was absolutely filthy, dubious hygiene, breeding kink sorta smut. But oh my god, the writing was incredible.
The story snatches you from the first page. It’s a book written by someone who is incredibly talented. This wasn’t a quick thrown together smutty book that compensated for shitty writing with more smut. It was a book that was well thought out. It had a good storyline, redeemable characters, and a beautiful love story.
I found this on r/romancebooks and it was honestly described as containing ‘buckets of cum’ which was not wrong.
I think I’ll read the rest of these books. My high brow literature for the year. 😉
However! Keyword.
However, this was incredible. Yes, it was absolutely filthy, dubious hygiene, breeding kink sorta smut. But oh my god, the writing was incredible.
The story snatches you from the first page. It’s a book written by someone who is incredibly talented. This wasn’t a quick thrown together smutty book that compensated for shitty writing with more smut. It was a book that was well thought out. It had a good storyline, redeemable characters, and a beautiful love story.
I found this on r/romancebooks and it was honestly described as containing ‘buckets of cum’ which was not wrong.
I think I’ll read the rest of these books. My high brow literature for the year. 😉
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, War, Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
lanorton's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
So I love the others in this series. This book however felt like it was written by someone else. Foreplay and accurate sex was out the window. This book I think was supposed to be kinkier then the others but lost that with the smut scenes being so unrealistic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
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