Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby

2 reviews

notamouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Biphobia, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Confinement

natreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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 have to credit BookTok with this find. I saw this one tiktok based on the idea of this series, and put the book in the description. I knew as soon as I saw the idea of FBI boyfriend not knowing his girlfriend is a serial killer, I had to check it out.

Now I don't want to give too much away (as the majority of my 5 star book reviews), but if you love crime and revenge, this is for you. Basically, if you are a fan of the Good For Her genre (Midsommar, A Promising Woman, Jennifer's Body, The VVitch, etc.) you will love this book. 

It has twist and turns, smut (as it is still a romance) and doesn't shy away from gore and very descriptive imagery. It also flows really smoothly together. This series was originally an ebook release, with the complete series in this paperback format. I'm inclined to believe she might've wrote the whole story as once, then went back and turned it into 5 separate books. It flows that well and has very little, if any, continuity errors.

This one is staying on my shelf forever I think.

Also, since her death was recent, I would like to send my love and good vibes to C.M. Owens' (who wrote this book under the pen name S.T. Abby) family, friends, and surviving loved ones. I don't know if I'll check out the rest of her novels (since they aren't super up my alley content wise), but this book has become one of my favourites, and I will cherish that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Infertility, Body horror, Blood, Abandonment, Rape, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Death, Child abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail