Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon

10 reviews

smuttymcbookface's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Easily one of my favourites from this series. Grumpy-sunshine is always a wonderful pairing, and mix in the enemies to lovers and the crazy spicy scenes, and it's hard not to love this.

Plus, it's kind of great that Haeden remains a surly Neanderthal when it comes to Josie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

lilalhreads's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

the IPB books kind of just feel like the exact same story over and over again with just a few minor differences 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

kb33's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Minor: Trafficking, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Rape

ashleybeereads's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Animal death, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Gore, Abandonment, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

robinsong's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Self harm, Animal death, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

ehmannky's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I've truly been waiting to start Haeden and Josie's story since they first grumped towards each other like three books ago. I wasn't disappointed, they might be my favorite of the couples to date. This is practically a slowburn for Dixon, as Josie (for understandable reasons that include the fact Haeden has been a dick to her and because she's been sexually abused in her past--don't let the other reviews here mislead you) holds off on the whole mating thing. But it's fun to see how Dixon essentially makes the same plot exciting each time! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse

jenna36's review

adventurous emotional 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

4 stars might be too high of a rating, but I have always loved Haeden and Josie so much! I think I might even like this book the most (sorry Raahosh and Rukh, I still love you guys!). The way that Haeden and Josie grew to understand and care for each other was just so authentic and sweet. Their romance was honestly the most believable of all of them so far. There are quite a few trigger warnings for this one though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body horror

kbairbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm gonna be honest. I can't remember if I finished this book last night or mid day today or... actually that might sound right? I don't even know. I'm genuinely reading these books too quickly to keep up lol but I did like Josie and how she and her mate have both lived hard lives and managed to overcome their miscommunication long enough to realize that they were a good match. Also, wow, two more females? I wonder if they are gonna figure out a way to start tracking down these aliens and stop this trafficking bullshit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

zabeishumanish's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

Least favorite thus far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

psydneigh's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I was not a of the first part of this book. I just felt like it was off that there were so many comments in previous books about the others noticing the tension between Haeden and Josie maybe being something more and then

they do absolutely nothing to persuade Josie to give it a try? They just let her waste away in the storage room? The males didn’t suggest how to court a human to Haeden? Idk it all felt weird that everyone just stood by and watched

But once that part was over, I really enjoyed the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts