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Scarred by Emily McIntire

60 reviews

nscheuermann's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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I was incredibly excited about the idea of such a popular movie from my childhood to be reimagined and brought to me as an adult. I loved beyond belief the little ways that the movie was brought in to this real world setting, playing on the names, reimagining scenes from the movie, etc. The very steamy sections if the book definitely made for an interesting read.
I listened to the audiobook and the casting for the voice of Tristan was perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

rachelmoss2017's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Death of parent

stephliljazz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

Another great and smutty book in the Never After Series. It never fails to make me smile when the villain gets their happy ending. Finding out the hero was not so heroic after all makes you love the villain that much more. This fractured fairy tale retelling of Lion King is amazing. The scarred prince and the mad king facing off throughout the book just further proves there are two sides to every story.
A few of my favorites quotes from the book...
"His tone is deep. As if it was made in hell, then woven through silk. A gentle caress that singes your senses."
"That's the difference between me and other people. They run away from the bad things, and I become them."
"But our strength is impatience. In planning. That is what topples empires. Together we rule, divided we fall."
"Death inevitably changes you. "
"I'll be damned if this woman wasn't molded in the heavens and plucked from the sky just for me. "

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Rape, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, War, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

mbredahl3's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abortion, and Death of parent

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It wasn’t based on a specific fairytale like the last one, of if it was I couldn’t place it. The dynamic between Sara and Tristan was red hot, ate it up. All the other characters felt like they needed more character development. Like the bad guys were evil for the sake of being evil. 

Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Dom/Sub dynamic, 3 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Torture, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Violence, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

colorcrystals's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Classism, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Racism

what_courtreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

masooma1459's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

allyf21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Drug use, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

sjsoucie97's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Sexual harassment