Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Merciless by Willow Winters, W. Winters

6 reviews

helly64z's review

dark tense

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gun violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Slavery, and War

ezrazoe4's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

It was enjoyable, though more towards a psychological thriller than a dark romance. I liked seeing how captivity affected the mentality of the protagonist, the romance not so much. The romance was non existent. It was mostly just sexual tension and the love interest being possessive, which I suppose some people would find romantic, but in this context is eh. His motivations and backstory, especially regarding the main character, made no sense.

He basically blamed her for saving his life in the most indirect of ways, and then goes on to hate her because... he didn't die. He blames her for him becoming a mob boss and 'tainting his soul'. Like, what even is this.

On the whole, the characters are rather formulaic for a romance novel: innocent doe-eyed girl meets the bad boy- borderline abusive- love interest. And I get that it's a dark romance... but the characters still need to have some kind of romantic feelings, right? I haven't seen any spark of chemistry between the main characters other then the smut. 

The writing is basic and has weird sentence structure sometimes. It repeats itself very often. There's a new paragraph for every sentence. This book is more of a turn-your-brain-off book than an intricately plotted one, so just read it for the smut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, and Gun violence

saroreen's review

I know this is supposed to be Beauty and the Beast and the whole premise is really good but it just made me uncomfortable. This is definitely a Stockholm Syndrome take on the story as opposed to the actual character development of Beast into someone Beauty loves. Also too many words saying nothing at all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement

Moderate: Violence and Blood

ashkilg13's review

dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Addiction

theotherboleyn's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content