Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

26 reviews

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Stalking, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body horror, Dementia, Drug abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

araiapapaya's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, and Murder

broken_motherfucker's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm oh so very confused. This book was marvellous and all but what the hell was going on in the last 100 pages.

Avery gets bombed, put into a coma, gets technically kidnapped from a hospital, survives whatever was actually wrong, then once she's fully healed, she actually gets kidnapped, nearly shot at yet again and still uncovers the mystery and saves the day all in a week. A week. I need whatever drug she was taking because jesus christ, she can't catch a damn break. This girl was just trying to live her life and now she's hella traumatise. What the hell!

I enjoyed this book more than the last. I like that

Jameson and Greyson

were more bearable this time. Last book I thought they had the personality of a wet paper towel. Anyway, good book, 4 stars, keep it up Jennifer!  

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gun violence, Cursing, and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Miscarriage

There's also a few mentions of amnesia and talking with the dead throughout.

itstruly_flower's review

adventurous funny mysterious 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Cursing

rusty_spurs's review

mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

The amount of times I rolled my eyes while reading this book...

Plot
I really enjoyed the plot of the first book so I was happy to see I enjoyed this one almost as much. The story moved along quickly but I began to get tired of the plot twists because that's all that held this book together for me.

Characters
I find that the side characters are more favorable in my eyes than the main ones. Avery, the main character, irks me for a few reasons.
1. She obsessed over the guys. 
2. She's dramatic.
3. The whole book is her being selfish; going against security measures and doing the opposite of whatever is advised. She's not the strong, independent woman I think she was intended to embody - she's the annoying girl who's trying too hard to prove her independence. 

The Hawthorne brothers are easy to tell apart but Grayson and Jameson sometimes flow into one. No wonder Avery had a tough time deciding between the two. The writer has created these seemingly perfect guys but it's not one bit realistic. I wish readers were given characters that seemed human. And I know that the author points that out - the Hawthorne brothers aren't human. Yet I can't help but hate feel the disconnect with the brothers and their characters.

Relationships
Going on a rant about how much I hate the romance in this series would profit no one but me so I'll sum up my frustration with a few sentences. This books reads like it was meant for a lovesick thirteen-year-old. The guys in this are written to be attractive in everything they do. They breathe and Avery can't help but drool. The romance is so cheesy and unrealistic it kills me. I know it's YA fiction but COME ON! 

Overall, I don't hate this book but it's not something I will reread or recommend to most people. I'm planning on trying out the third book because the plot is interesting enough to keep me going though.  

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

There is a lot of cheesy flirting in this book. One scene has some steamy kissing but nothing past that. There's also a lot of talk about people sleeping around.

unicorngirl's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

So much happened in the last 30-50 pages! It was still so good, but why couldn't there be more incidents? Some scenes needed a little bit of action. It dragged a little. One of the things that kept me going was the romance between Avery and Jameson. I know that Grayson and Avery "think similarly", but Avery and Jameson have more chemistry, even if Grayson and Avery help each other work on things personally. Because it dragged, it was still good, but not as good as the first book.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing and Bullying

Trigger Warnings: Mention of parent death, Mention of child death, mentions of threats/death threats

viireads's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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? No

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Cursing

Minor: Car accident

olive_lol's review

adventurous mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

At times, I couldn't take this book seriously, but I think that improved my reading experience. The first book wasn't my thing, mostly because of the romance, and I went into this one knowing it probably wouldn't be my thing either.

In general, I'm not a fan of romantic subplots, and this one wasn't an exception. To me, it was more funny than anything. I found myself laughing out loud at times, especially at the descriptions and placement of some scenes. As with the first book, I think it's pretty obvious who she'll end up with, anyway.

A few of the twists felt like they weren't properly set up and moreso there for shock value, especially those at the end. The twist with Millie felt especially random, considering she was mentioned only two or three times in the entire book beforehand.

However, even with all of its issues, I still had a generally good time reading it, mostly by not taking it seriously.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, Addiction, Infidelity, Cursing, and Drug abuse

luminescify's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

 This was SO GOOD. It was really sad and heartbreaking but it was SO good.

I loved that there were new characters we got to learn about and discover how truly tangled this web of Hawthorns/Laughlins/Grambs really is. I have no clue where Barnes is going to take this final book but I'm excited to see where it goes. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

livvmarks's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Self harm, Stalking, Cursing, and Death of parent