Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

72 reviews

lolocole's review

emotional tense fast-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

3.75

Classic Katee Roberts- incredibly sexy and bold with a healthy dose of communication and boundaries. Only this time with a demon dragon. 

Thoroughly entertaining and a quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

diamondsequallove25's review

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

All I'm going to say is a dragon with two meat riders

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

hellxriver's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

thaliareads's review

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

I thought this was a fun concept, and I liked both Briar and Sol as characters. 

My only issue with this book is that it felt short and I could have seen this being really fun as a longer book with a more developed plot and a higher ratio of plot to spice. 

Overall, very steamy and worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Blood and Murder

The book starts with Briar escaping her abusive husband, who is killed as part of her agreement with a demon. Discussion of her ex and her experiences come up throughout the book as she and Sol begin to work through them. There is a lot of talk of pregnancy and getting pregnant as a part of the sexual content, but during the timeframe of this book, Briar has no intention of being pregnant. Finally, this book has a large amount of sexual content. This can get consensually violent involving gentle biting (at least as gentle as a dragon can be) that still leaves puncture marks and some occasional blood. They do stress that everything is healed after.

boredbbqribs's review

funny reflective 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

snivellus's review

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

kaetheluise_nckl's review

hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Violence, Death, and Murder

CW (provided by author): domestic abuse (historical, off-page, but the heroine is dealing with the aftermath of getting out of that relationship), murder (off-page), human/non-human sex, size difference, explicit sex, breeding, light choking, injuries for blood magic, small incidental injuries, pregnancy (epilogue), birth (epilogue)

rtaire's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood and Murder

alice_w_greenfield's review

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Briar is on her last string. Her abusive husband has found her and made it clear the next time he sees her, she won't be surviving.
Sol is a dragon man and Chief of his territory.
To escape her husband and hopefully save her life, she signs a deal with a demon. 7 years and then she is free to return to her life in her world.
When Sol bids on her, they have to get married so that if any children are conceived during their time together, they will legally be Sols as well as Briars.

Can they work things out? Will they fall in love? Will Briar leave at the end of her 7 years?

This was a super steamy story with fun side characters and strong main characters. I really enjoyed this story and it was a quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Murder, and Alcoholism

seawiiitch's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

An overall good read that I finished rather quickly: simple, straight to the point. Personnally, I quite enjoyed the Male Lead and the way he approaches his romance with the heroine. The relationship is sweet and romantic with some "spicy" scenes (rather tame for me, but for some, it might be enough). 
The s*x scenes were well written and did not make me wanna wash my eyes with bleach. I recommend this novel for you, if you want some plot as well as some spice !

Might read the following novel soon enough !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy