Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher

6 reviews

garbage_mcsmutly's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked the magical world but the big reveal was a pretty obvious one and things got pretty cheesy at the end. I'll probably give the next book in the series a go anyways.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

theespressoedition's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic relationship

rickireadss's review against another edition

4.0

this was so unexpected! i wasn’t sure if this would really keep my interest or not but i had such a great time. the humor is slightly cringy but i enjoyed it lol. i loved the second chance aspect & the fake relationship. i do wish it wasn’t closed door/fade-to-black - LIKE COME ON she literally name-drops her v!brat0r in the first few chapters lmao. overall, i had a good time and can’t wait to read the next one!

⚠️: bullying, misogyny, fire/fire injury, violence, child abuse, sexism, toxic relationship (mmc and his father)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexism and Toxic relationship

auggiejean's review

lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

2.25

Definitely not my favorite and I likely will not be rereading. To be fair I think reading it in audiobook format played into my lack of enjoyment. There were multiple repetitive moments that if I’d been reading a physical copy I would have simply skimmed or skipped. But there was only so fast I could listen before I couldn’t understand.
I wanted to enjoy this one and I was able to enjoy about the first 20% of it. But I think it dragged on longer than it should have. I wish it had been more novella length. 
The dynamics between the main couple got boring quickly. I think there was meant to be some “enemies” to lovers vibes with the second chance romance, but I think too much information is given to make their dynamic make sense or be enjoyable for me. And their relationship definitely suffered from some of the formulaic tendencies of the romance genre, in my opinion. I think the world building that’s slowly worked in was interesting, but I really felt like I needed more of it before the end to be interested in reading further into the series. I often found myself significantly more interested in friends and family of the main couple than the couple themselves. 
Essentially my rating boils down to the story being too predictable (I knew the ending, as well as many upcoming plot points, within 3 chapters and then felt like I was trudging through the rest), overly formulaic/trope-heavy, and heavy handed in use of pop culture references.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

Car accident

main female character gets run into a coffee cart by paparazzi, paparazzi is in car that runs off the road after mfc is injured

, Blood

mmc is in a fight near the end with another character that is bloody, there are also events called “blood matches” brought up on many occasions

, Toxic Relationship <>sisters relationship is described in ways that make it clear over the course of the book that it is toxic, sister says near the end that she’s bound to the relationship and wants out bc of toxicity, sisters fiancé says he “owns” her near end of book, Child Abuse

father of main male character is abusive this is mentioned throughout book

, Death/Death of Parent

mmc fathers death is mentioned a couple times, child side character is orphaned and short backstory of how his parents died is told at a camp outing

, Alcohol

multiple mentions due to mfc working at bar, occasional mention during fancy events (mcs are a sort of high society)

, Fire/Fire Injury

during an event multiple children go to a different building for dance party and that building catches on fire, mfc puts out fire with magic, smoke inhalation is discussed, mention of potential loss of children’s life after fire is over to commend magic use

, Injury/Injury Detail

mfc is injured by car accident incident, “blood matches”, fight between mmc and oc results in injuries

, Violence (see blood, death, and injury), Sexual Content

semi graphic descriptions of sex between mfc and mmc happen about 4 times within the mid to late portion of the book, mfc friend is succubus and discussion around sex/virginity is brought up many times when she comes up

lag1995's review against another edition

The whole forcing people into relationships just gives me the creeps. Even if they do fall in love, it’s like is it love or is it Stockholm syndrome. Just not into it, I like explicit consent.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship