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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
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
folkofthebook's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Oh my lord.... Skipping to this book was the best choice I ever made. I was pretty put off reading book 1, but when I heard John Ka was a little kinky I ran straight to this one. The book especially resonated with me because I had a similar thought process to Rosa in a past (toxic and chaotic) relationship; it was crazy to read how spot-on Finley Fenn is in that regard. Learning more about the orcs and some of the characters' backstories certainly tugged my heartstrings. I did not expect the emotional rollercoaster ride that is the last 30% of this book, flip-flopping between hot and heavy to just heavy *cries*. I'm not sure how I'll move on to the next book after all that, John Ka is my fav.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Homophobia, War, and Rape
alisoun's review
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Gore
The heroine is in a sexually abusive relationship with a human man which started when she was 15. Major power difference there.
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