Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas

9 reviews

iamsammie27's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Kidnapping

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Dementia, Torture, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, and Stalking

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Bullying, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Rape, Body shaming, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

hellobellarose's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Cute marriage of convenience romance, some iffy elements including racism 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Kidnapping

Use of G slur to refer to a Roma character and racialized language and stereotyping around him. Main character marries to escape abuse

cepbreed's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Now this is what I'm talking about! After the trainwreck that was the last book I was seriously having doubts about my determination to give Kleypas another chance, and I wasn't disappointed! Unlike in It Happened One Autumn the main characters are actually very likable! Shocking considering how much redemption St. Vincent had to go through, yet Kleypas managed it. Everything he did in the previous book was terrible, and it made me hate him, yet the new side of him we saw, with the help of Evie's perspective made him an instant favorite for me. Maybe it's my bias for the shy girl and bold guy trope but this novel was infinitely better. St. Vincent became a male lead I actually loved, the slow realization that he's falling for Evie had me in such a chokehold, I eat that shit up everytime! I'm sorry for doubting you Lisa Kleypas 🙏 If I had read this before It Happened One Autumn maybe I would've given Lillian and Marcus more grace

Songs:

• Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift 
• Norman fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey  
• Million Dollar Man - Lana Del Rey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Murder, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Ableism, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

lauramparis's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Murder, and Death

Minor: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Classism, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

local_hat's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

This one came out in 2009. Not even that old! And while it proves my point that romance used to get much better copyediting, the casual racism, casual fat-hate, casual classism, casual ableism, and casual iffy consent have aged a lot less well. I definitely used to love Kleypas and her multiple series set in the same universe... and now I think I'm glad I fell away from them and haven't re-read any recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Classism, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape