Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

42 reviews

motleybooksandtea's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Ableism, and War

Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Kidnapping, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death, War, Ableism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Sexism, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Ableism, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Deadnaming, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

boglord's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, War, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Lesbophobia, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, and Infidelity

sarah_thebooknerd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Some spoilers…….,..





4.5 ⭐️ 
1 🌶 

Tropes- friends to lovers
Representation: Viola is a trans main character, Gracewood has a disability from the war, uses a cane, queer side characters 
CW: addiction, alcoholism, abelistic language, and some mis-gendering when talking about Viola pre- transition. Suicidal ideation 

I loved so much about This book. The friendship and love between Viola and Gracewood is just beautiful. They were friends for years, torn apart by war and Gracewood thought his best friend died and it impacted him. 

Viola realized how unhappy she was and came into her own and used the death to become alive in a way that felt right for her. But seeing Gracewood again is painful. 

The longing, the tension, friendship and just overall swoon worthy moments made me happy. Only part that made me confused was the plot line with his sister and a kidnapping but outside of that it was a really good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Moderate: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent and War

carodonahue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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: Addiction and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Ableism, Deadnaming, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Transphobia, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

Childhood friends to lovers historical romance with trans heroine and disabled hero. This book was beautiful. It’s the only word that fits. The story is beautiful, the characters are beautiful, their love is beautiful, and the epilogue is beautiful. It’s got sorrowful moments and silly moments, but all-in-all, it’s a beauty to read and experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Violence, Infertility, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Classism

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Sexism, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, War, Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Drug use, Gun violence, Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, and Bullying

givemaribooks's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

I loved this book so much. I was so happy to get an ARC because this is one of the 2022 releases I was most excited for. We get a trans heroine reuniting with her childhood best friend who thought she had died during the war. 

I loved these characters and their story. There were well written and hit all the right notes for me. The PINNING was just *chef’s kiss*. Despite dealing with some heavy topics (see book’s CW), the book never felt heavy. There was the right mix of angst, love, and joy. Viola and Gracewood truly saw each other for who they were, and their transition from friends to lovers was beautiful. Plus I loved how sweet and supportive Viola’s family was. Louise, Badger, and Miranda were hilarious; I laughed every time Louise said anything. 

The book did lag a bit in the middle, but then it picked up again. 

I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Ableism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Death of parent

suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This was very delightful!!!!

It was my first ever historical romance so I was a little wary. But this set a high bar for any I might read in the future lol. A great cast of characters. So many discussions of gendered expectations. The sex scenes were thoughtfully done and wonderfully queer.

I do think it could’ve been edited down a little more. It didn’t need to be 450 pages, and the pacing varied a lot. And I always wish that romances would give us a little more time to see how things go after the main characters finally get together. But I really really loved it.

thanks to the publisher for a free ARC & audio copy! The accents in the audio made it feel very immersive!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Addiction, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Deadnaming

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Transphobia