Reviews tagging 'Blood'

When Heroes Fall by Giana Darling

5 reviews

embelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was my book club’s pick this month…Though it wasn’t my favorite book of this genre, I was intrigued enough to pick up the second book in the duology. The book was fast paced and I was wanting to know what happened next, even if many of the characters themselves were not the best. Be prepared for almost every possible trigger warning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Dementia, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Violence

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This was a buddy read and I waffled the entire time between liking and hating the two main characters.

This probably isn't a spoiler, but hey, let's mark it like one anyway since it talks about how the characters change during the story. (I refuse to say character development)

at first I adored Elena, strong, unflappable, smart lady that she is, and was annoyed with the buffoon who got such marvelous advice as "I say, have fun with the girl. Hell, make her cry, get her to quit, whatever you want." who then proceeded to announce (frequently) how much he would like to break her, corrupt her, destroy her, and f*ck with her. Also, this quote from his point of view: "I knew with the right training and a patient master, she would be glorious." 
And immediately after that he talks for half a page about how he will force her to be his.
Big no from me 🚩🚩

Then around the halfway mark Elena had turned into a simp who could only think about being with HIM and actively goes about destroying the life shes been working for and building since age 11.....
And he suddenly was a poet who desires nothing more than her to be safe and loved and healed from her past. 

In conclusion, they're both idiots and may they be happy in book two which I will not read 👍🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Grief, Torture, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Slavery, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Car accident, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

rickireadss's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.5

this was SO GOOD!!! the beginning was slower in the fact that not a lot happened & it was a bunch of info-dump but i enjoyed that. the banter between dante and elena >>>>> UNMATCHED. i have so much of it highlighted on my kindle because AH-MAZING. i absolutely loved them both so much. the last like 30% - ACTION PACKED. literally all the vibes i want in a mafia romance omfg. i am so excited to pick up the next one because omfg that ending had me melting 😌

⚠️: infidelity (not between the mcs), murder, violence, gun violence, grooming, adult/minor relationship, abuse, domestic abuse, child abuse, death of parent, torture, kidnapping, blood, infertility, miscarriage, sexual assault, trafficking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Miscarriage, Infertility, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

loket's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Blood

readwithelle's review against another edition

mysterious 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Gun violence, Infertility, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture