Reviews tagging 'Death'

Highest Bidder by Sara Cate

21 reviews

escapeoffreality's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

katierosecrane's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I throughly enjoyed this book, only took me two days to finish. However, I could rate it higher because some of the plot lines were too unrealistic for me to connect with. 

There are great moments in the book that made me want to rate it 4.75. It’s not without it’s flaws but it’s still a great story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, and Cursing

klausmand90's review against another edition

4.75

I was a little scared that the book would be ‘heavier’ than others in the series from the content warning at the start of the book. But thankfully there wasn’t an excessive focus on the losses. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Child death

thirdeyeangel23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

Ronan carried this book! He’s my favorite character, but this book is my least favorite in the series. Ronan has been a constant in the SPC series so I was so excited for his book, but I felt the FMC was not the best fit. Daisy is a waitress at SPC and finds herself participating in the auction where Ronan inevitably wins the bid. Unbeknownst to Ronan, he and Daisy have been connected for years, but that doesn’t stop Daisy from falling hard. I honestly felt Daisy was too immature and was almost infantilized throughout the story. In addition, the withholding of information by Daisy throughout the book does affect their sexual relationship and bleeds into dub-con. We also didn’t get as much of his pleasure dom side as I hoped we would. I had a fun time while reading, but given how exceptional the rest of the series has been this one didn’t quite get that 5 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Child death

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

surprise pregnancy

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absolutely_court's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Terminal illness

unicornofthesea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Alcohol, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Car accident, and Medical content

bookaholic84's review

medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, and Pregnancy

readingbetweenthevines's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-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

I knew Daddy Ronan would be my favourite, I just knew it. 

When I started seeing reviews for Highest Bidder all over bookstagram and booktok, I absolutely had to get my hands on it. But, because I’m me, I needed to read all the Salacious Players Club books immediately. So I bought them all, without ever having read anything by Sara Cate - and now, I must read everything she’s written. 

I’m a sucker for an age gap romance, it’s definitely one of my favourite tropes, and Ronan and Daisy were everything. It was sweet how at first Daisy wasn’t interested in older men, but in getting to know Ronan she fell anyways. The relationship developed at a quick pace, but it also seemed very natural and I just loved how they wanted to take care of each other. I really liked how their respective grief was treated, and in the end how they got to experience joy after everything. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Pregnancy and Child death

geminimarsss's review

challenging emotional hopeful relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy