Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

90 reviews

pvbobrien's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Grief, Sexual content, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit, War, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

brynalexa's review against another edition

I love how this is queer Bridgerton. It’s also heartwarming in that not a single person has malicious intent or hate in their hearts; especially since most queer books have an element of hate or dealing with discrimination in their plot. Speaking of plot… there was not any. Nothing happens in this book. I love the representation and the idea but it did not have enough to keep me entertained. Also, it’s one giant miscommunication trope. Everything would be solved if the characters just talked to each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, War, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Confinement

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail

purely_romantic's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Ableism and War

Minor: Dysphoria

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was the perfect, cute, period romance. What an absolute joy to read. Alexis wrote in such a way that I couldn't help but highlight passages and often had to put the book down to just breathe and think about the beauty of what I had just read. So well done, so thoughtful, and so beautiful! 

I would have given it 5 stars, however

the last fourth of the book with the Mira kidnapping plot was, while cute and entertaining, a bit out of left field and felt like filler for more content and just for something to happen. It was enjoyable, but in the context of the entire book, felt a bit random.

Overall, this was a beautiful, enchanting, inclusive read and I would recommend it to anyone!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, War, Grief, Addiction, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Violence, and Death of parent

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, War, and Kidnapping

thelostartofsecretkeeping's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Drug use, War, Vomit, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Ableism

hunkydory's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I've read most of Alexis Hall's books, and I do think this might be my favorite. From a cis-gendered perspective, I found that Hall took on the topic of being trans in this historical period and did it fairly well while making all of his characters accepting of Viola's identity because, at the end of the day, it's fiction and its romance, which needs a happy-ever-after. Hall did a good job of taking modern ideas, of transness, PTSD, bisexuality, etc, and fitting them into a historical context in a natural way that did not feel like prescribing modern terminology to the characters and the period. I enjoyed Justin and Viola's relationship greatly, and I liked that it had some aspect of adventure to it, and I look forward to reading the sequel, which I imagine will be about Mira. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, War, Transphobia, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Dysphoria

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

This was wonderful, if a little overly long. RTC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Deadnaming, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit, War, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts

The author gives further context and his own spoiler warnings within the book itself. Despite the fact the heroine is sometimes deadnamed, it is purely because people knew her before she transitioned (and they do not know that she has done so). It is never weaponised against her. The male love interest is disabled from the Napoleonic War and suffers with PTSD, using alcohol and laundenaum as coping mechanisms.