Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

291 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.25

Typically I don’t like instalove but between the BDSM and my innate love for Hades and Persephone I actually enjoyed this book. Don’t expect too much out of the plot of course. A nice light read when you want to scratch the spicy itch 😏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, and Death of parent

labeaux's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

Started reading this book for a laugh. Fell down a rabbit hole looking into the author. Continued reading the book for a laugh and out of respect for the writer's hustle. Katee is also a solid person with solid opinions.  I hope to one day have the drive it takes to write trashy erotica based on current trends and make schmoney like she does.

If you're here because you like those super samey Hades/Persephone retellings, you aren't going to get anything new. The Greek pantheon is more of a vehicle to help get the story out with easy characters and tropes to pull from because everything is already there. It was just a matter of making it modern. 

I will be reading the rest of the books in this series with my Cringe Book Club (which is just me and my homie, Jason).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

nexusgoblin's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

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

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

the_spicy_unicorn's review

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

Lead you on a unique modern take of a Greek mythology tale, while also staying pretty faithful to the original stories. Very sexy, but also heartfelt at times. She developed some interesting side characters which I hope get explored in the rest of the series! Would definitely recommend, but would filter out who a recommended it to due to the graphic content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

bangiebangs'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? It's complicated

5.0

Update April 2023 (5*)
I re-read this book and gave it a full 5* on the second time. It might be that after having finished all currently published books of the series (plus Wicked Villains) the depth and foreshadowing here just hit differently and made it even more enjoyable than on the first read. 
I have a feeling that this won't be my last re-read either, so can recommend this (again), even after reading 60+ dark romances in between. What a journey it's been!

Review Nov 2022 (4.75*)
I really loved this retelling of the old Hades/Persephone myth! It has a nice story like, and I really appreciated that the whole arch was one book, rather than - as so often happens now - a trilogy. That said, I wish it was longer! 
I particularly loved the representation: everyone seems to be casually queer (this is just given as a normal thing, rather than made a topic in itself); consent is a huge topic throughout, whether on explicit sex scenes (of which there are a couple, oh my, and they are very RACK type of kinky) or topics like childhood neglect/ caring for oneself etc. I thought this was done in a really intelligent and engaging way. 

I will likely re-read at some point, and am already looking at more books in the Dark Olympus series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny

tristaesque's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

audreytrml's review

dark emotional 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: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

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

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, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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