Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

58 reviews

therensistance's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Violence

anapthine's review

adventurous 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Cursing, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Death

ruthie__reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Hades and Persephone, Greek myths, mythology, romance, erotica, public sex, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Toxic relationship

charliedezeeuw's review

funny lighthearted medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse

lyra_ann's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Stalking, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

kayladaila's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Misogyny, Death, and Emotional abuse

mariamlyxoxo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

enchantressreads's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

“We’re on this way to the underworld together.”

Persephone lives in the upper city of Olympus, where the 12 Olympians live. It’s a place full of money, glamor, and power. Hades lives in the lower city, where even the Olympians believe him to be a myth.

When Demeter gives up Persephone to Zeus, a known womanizer and possible wife-killer, she runs to, what she believes, the lesser of two evils:  the strange man across the bridge of the River Styx. When she learns the man is the legendary Hades, she forms a plot with him:  he will defile her, and Zeus will no longer be interested in her.

I’m pretty new to the dark romance genre, and Neon Gods is one I’ve been recommended time and time again. I did enjoy it! I had my phone nearby to Google some references (the last time I studied any Greek gods was in 2006 maybe?) and that did heighten the experience of the book. Between the Greek myths and the hot sex scenes, Neon Gods was a fun, quick, and enjoyable read. There are also a few deeper scenes that make it more than just fluff. Definitely recommend.

CW for death of parents, abuse, fire/fire injury, and dark sex scenes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

meliroo's review

dark

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

abbylee28's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief