Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

290 reviews

margaret_k30's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, and Alcohol

kyleethecatlady's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

leslinj's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

I still don’t understand what time period this is supposed to be set in. Not sure why Hades has a security system and a cell phone. The book didn’t do a very good job of walking me through it. The sex scenes were steamy but still a bit cringey. Character development was not very good either.

It seems like Persephone and Hades mutual hate of Zeus is what made them so horny for each other, they didn’t have much alone time before they fell for each other.

I think this book could have been better with more world building and more exploration of both main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

I love a reimagining of Greek Mythology. This one took away their god statuses but kept them at the most powerful 13, in the city of Olympus. I love portrayals of Hades like this where he is the bad guy in everyone’s story until Persephone shows up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

rubberrosebooks's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

charlynlynlyn's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

viktoriann'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

bookishchaos's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I definitely would recommend A Touch of Darkness over Neon Gods.
Hades and Persephone's relationship had no growth, they immediately liked each other in the first few chapters so the entire book is pretty much just smut and no plot whatsoever. The spicey scenes were well written but the characters were flat and hardly anything actually happened in this book lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

courtofsmutandstuff's review

5.0

This had been on my TBR for a while and it did not disappoint! I love the retelling world of Olympus as a city and the gods as titles Robert creates, and I love her writerly voice - this book is so smutty, but it's also very well written. The characters have rich, inner lives, struggles beyond the romance plot, but it's also spicy every other chapter! I'll definitely be reading through the series. My only complaint is while I like both of the audiobook narrators, I hate the voice they do for the opposite lead character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

mj_86's review

adventurous dark 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: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death and War