Reviews tagging Death

Neon Gods, by Katee Robert

96 reviews

augustinedreams's review

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

This book is HOT! The smut is top tier, and the romance is so cute. AND their relationship is healthy (built on respect & trust af). Also the mythology is pretty accurate for a smut retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

greattappertwo's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

This was a delightful book. I ate it up and it was another fun sexy time by Katee. Good ass time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Sexual content

her_little_library's review

fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was basically just a boring, tame mafia AU retelling where the author knew the bare bones of the original myths and nothing more. It wasn't as sexy as I thought it would be, which is embarrassingly disappointing.

Spoiler

The whole thing with Zeus' death felt way too rushed and empty, just like the rest of the book.

 Neon Gods totally suffers from "telling, not showing" (and when it is shown, it's different from how it was told). I absolutely do not believe Persephone when she says Olympus is full of poison because it's never actually shown????? Also, the fact that "fuck" was one of the only curse words outside the sex scenes (like, one per page) is hilarious to me. Sure, it's a quick read, but it was so devoid of anything that it was a waste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Death of parent

kloughlin's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Infidelity

midnacine's review

dark 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

4.5

I much prefer this version of Hades and Persephone over the version in A Touch of Darkness. Unique world building, compelling plot, interesting characters, and excellent spice. I only wish there'd been a little more exposition to really establish the villain as scary and threatening. Looking forward to reading the second one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Classism, Blood, Medical content, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Stalking, Murder, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Drug use, and War

lnaikennedi's review

dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: War

shaipanda's review

hopeful fast-paced

2.5

I was into the first 50% of this and then idk what happened or what it was about this book but I just got so uninterested?? I just did not care about any of the last half of the book like at all and the smut didn’t really keep my attention or anything 
I literally skimmed basically the last half and especially by 75% through I really considered DNF’ing it but decided not to
But ya essentially had no strong feelings about this book besides that I really did not care 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

ae_young's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

lauren_macauley's review

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent