Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

35 reviews

britreadsbooks's review

funny 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

5.0

A sexy Hades and Persephone retelling set in modern times but an alternate universe. Zeus is a thug and an asshole, Demeter is kind of the worst. I adore Persephone and her sisters. Hades is too sweet. There are dogs. Hermes is the best and better get a book at some point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

taryn_g's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

chloeoliana's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Classism

corrupted_taco's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

sandy_21's review

fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

ramakn22's review

This series was highly recommended to me by all of the algorithms, and I've liked some of Katee Robert's other works, but this was not for me at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Classism

miss_vonnegut's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

This definitely falls into both the romance and erotica genres. In fiction I love a powerful man that everyone thinks is dark and scary but just playing that as a role, and you definitely get that with Hades here. If. you're looking for a romance that's not a beach read, but not a full-on dark romance, this is a great in-between. (Maybe a medium-gray romance? 😂) It's a bit like if 50 Shades of Gray actually did kink culture correctly and the relationship between the two main characters was actually healthy. Oh, and everyone is queer!

Kinks involved include public sex, rough sex, possessive language, and dirty talk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Murder

pam_'s review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism

Take a shot anytime someone says "my people".

ronan_lesh'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Fast, fun, and hot. Pacing and world-building were a little inconsistent—it felt like we needed another chapter to get to know Persephone before the story started. It also seemed like maybe there were two initial ideas about how to handle Hades that weren’t quite reconciled (does everyone think he’s a myth or is he holding legendary sex parties and lots of people actually know he’s alive?). Fun, just a bit messy and repetitive

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder