Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Lourdes & the Mafia by Aleera Anaya Ceres

2 reviews

satanshomosexualagenda's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Ok tbh I dnf this book at first but I came back because I wanted to try it again and wow. I’m so glad I did. I think this is only the 3rd book to make me cry. But it’s amazing just a little frustrating in the beginning with one character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

This book has kink elements.

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This was cute! I downloaded it on a whim because I saw it had plenty of good reviews, and I was actually pleasantly surprised! 

It took me a little bit to get used to Lourdes’ narrative voice, because that sort of casual tone is usually a turn-off for me, but once I did, it had me cracking up. And I loved the Morte brothers, each of them for different reasons.

I thought the story was paced well, it wasn’t over-written, and the end actually had me crying. This was a solid “why choose” fantasy romance! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Physical abuse