Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

65 reviews

uranaishi's review

adventurous 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, War, Alcohol, Blood, Dementia, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

msradiosilence's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.0

Tldr; I can’t believe I haven’t read Katee Robert before now! This was such a good dark romance.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/neon-gods.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, War, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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

3.5

I thought this was okay. I enjoyed reading it for the most part. I had some issues with some of the black and white morality around

murdering a wife killing abuser

, but overall I liked it well enough. The plot is thin at times, but there’s enough there to keep the story moving. One of my least favorite things about this is that they aren’t actually gods? Just people with the “roles” - I saw someone say this is more mafia than mythology and I feel like that is an accurate assessment. 

Also! If you are reading this book because StoryGraph has given it the “lgbtqia+“ tag, you will probably be disappointed. There is brief mention of past queer relationships, but nothing of any substance within the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, War, Blood, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Grief

taleofabibliophile's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Vomit

madradstarchild's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Stalking, Blood, and War

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

dolores_madil's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

anxiousnachos's review

4.0

Is this my eighth Katee Robert book of 2022? Yes, yes it is. I regret nothing. 

Content warnings: Abuse, Parental death (historical, off-page), assault/attempted assault, explicit sex, guns, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

things100's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Amazing book, I love Katee Robert’s books. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series. I loved Persephone and Hades relationship and how we all hate Zeus. Such a cute relationship but full of spice dang 🥵. Have fun reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Classism, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

erica_reads_things's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Overall a fun read, but I noticed that in the beginning it is VERY reminiscent of 50 Shades of Gray. Like, down to

the lip biting, eye rolling, submissive/dom theme, kink room, the "I don't usually let people in my bed" thing, him not letting her touch him because of scars, etc.

. However, it did eventually deviate from that in probably very intentional ways like much more consent, equality, and it had an actually interesting plot that kept me wanting to read and see what happens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Murder