Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark

26 reviews

saltyotter6's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone who liked ACOTAR. While the Main Male isn't up to ACOTAR standards, I liked the world building and plot a lot. It has a good amount of foreshadowing if you want to look deeper into things. I'll definitely be reading the rest of this series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

mwalsh97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I really wasn’t sure I was going to finish this book. But something kept me coming back to it. And by the half way point I was so much more intrigued than when it started it. This book really came out of left field for me. I enjoyed the fact that magic system is different than most of the fae romantasy books out there. I didn't love the type of possessiveness that the MMC showed but it wasn't a deal breaker for me. This is not as slow as some slow burn books have been, there's at least some spice in the first book. But it does take a while to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

The sexual content isn’t as descriptive or graphic as a true erotica book would be. But it’s still fairly descriptive.

maggies's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

4.0

Entertaining, steady pace, spice that doesn’t overpower the plot, interesting enough world-building and system of magic without being overwhelming. A bit twisty, with a good setup for book #2. All in all, enjoyable and easy to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

destinied's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Trafficking, Torture, War, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

vdspreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really like this story. I'm not a huge fan of various POVs, but it really did work for the storytelling. It is a story of discovery and rebellion that doesn't take itself too seriously.

To me, the narrative is an oberservational view of what powe can do. How power can corrupt and how if wielded by those with ill intentions, it can be used to to oppress, limit access, and create a history that is believed by the masses. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Death, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Bullying, Deportation, Drug use, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Torture, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

kayanna_turner's review

adventurous emotional 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

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Fantasy romance with forced proximity (one horse trope), found family and enemies to lovers / forbidden romance. Revenge, bargains & betrayal. Interesting and unique magic system.

Mostly I really liked the book and the FMC. The pace was a bit slow to my taste in the middle of the book and it felt like there wasn’t really anything interesting going on but I liked both the beginning and end. End had some nice twist, some I was able to guess beforehand but some were a surprise.

Definitely going to read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Excrement, Medical content, Rape, Body horror, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

priyaslade's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

daisy2050's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to love this book. I read it because a friend recommended it for her Fourth Wing book hangover. The actual plot was ok. I felt like this had good bones but poor execution. The connection between the main male character and the main female character is not fleshed out at all and made the romance a bit off putting if I'm being honest. The main female character seems cool AF and I would've liked this book better if the main male character just wasn't in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Police brutality, Medical content, Sexual content, Murder, and Violence

readingisfun14's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Loved this book! I felt like there was always something happening for good reason. I really love the concept and story, just want to be a bit more invested in the MMC. He lacked some character development to give the book a bit more depth. Love the FMC so much - strong, independent take over the world type with some imposter syndrome, gotta love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Violence