Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Four by Sara Cate, Rachel Leigh

6 reviews

krhart's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

So good. Sara Cate and Rachel Leigh hit the mark with this book. 1 of 2 in the series, they write the story of Mafia families: the Blacks, the Marettis and the Pavettas. When the debt is not paid and the Pavettas are a target, Iris is told one thing- get to Silas Black.

Doing as she is told, she shows up at the Black residence and meets the brooding and void Black men (Silas, Baron and Gabriel). Iris is determined to get revenge on the Marettis for taking her father's life, but she needs the help of these three men.

Iris has little to offer but herself. As she weaves her way into their lives, they start to feel things for one another and that could be dangerous too! 

I gasped and giggled and clenched and loved this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Violence and Toxic relationship

alxisrae's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

ladylaurenexplorer's review

tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Jumped into this blind, and I was pleasantly surprised with how engaging this was.

Although I do find Iris to be very annoying with how nosy she is in wanting to know about everything, especially in the beginning.

And our men are definitely broken, and this was the first time that I ever read a H being the virgin.

But what he was competing against is kind of crazy.

Also Barons problem with Gabriel needs to be talked about with them more but I’m hoping that the next book will be that.

Although I do think that there is a hint of another character coming in, and I think I know who that character is!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, and Death

weelasswithabook's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

CW: torture, gun violence, death of a parent, attempted rape

I'm gonna preface this review by saying that I don't typically enjoy "why choose" romances, and this is a perfect example of why they don't usually work for me. 

When more than 3 partners are involved, I feel like more often than not, we don't get fully rounded characters. I felt like out of the 4 characters in the book, I don't have a fully fleshed out representation of any of them. Even the heroine. I just know I really didn't like her. I think what exacerbated the issue was the fact that this was a single POV, and I think that my feelings on the book would've been more positive with a multiple POV. I just didn't connect with any of the characters. I don't know why she loved them or why they loved her. The romance just didn't work for me. 

However, I did find the plot entertaining. Heroine's dad gets killed, mafia vibes, hired assassins etc. But even that concluded really abruptly when the heroine comes face to face with someone she's been craving to find. 

Was this an inherently bad book? Definitely not, it was well written (although I'm a bit stuck on the dress/t-shirt/trousers situation in the first sex scene) and the plot worked well, but I feel like there was some depth lacking in the characters and for me personally, that's what really wins me over when reading a romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence

loket's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault

andeng's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Sexual assault