Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

8 reviews

ninahuynh's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Again, I think some of the sex scenes could be faded out or cut out and replaced with more soul-intimate scenes, if that makes sense. Some of the occurances just don't make sense holistically and I don't see Hades or Persephone going that route either. Like they just teleport from a horrid fight scene and then suddenly coitus 🤨😑  I skipped the Hades series as of this review, so it was my first encounter with the different povs and from characters other than Persephone and Hades. I enjoyed that. I think it was also a good way to transition out of this series to the next one!! I love the ending- it was sweet. I am excited to read more on Aphrodite and Hephaestus, and Dionysus and Ariadne.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, War, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexism

alysonramey's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and War

amycourts's review

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Suicide, Torture, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment

TW Sexual violence, rape These books are truly awful, the plot holes are enormous, how things get from this to that are forever all over the place. But the others were mostly the “leave me alone with my trash.” The sexual violence in this was other level and disturbingly so. And from the jump. She does not write it well — meaning, sometimes it’s written as though the person being assaulted enjoys it — and rape is extremely graphic. Take care. Not sure this was worth it.

literaryjada's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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: Death, Suicide, Animal death, Rape, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

leasamarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This book was everything and more I had hoped for the conclusion of the Hades x Persephone series. Scarlett is an amazing storyteller and draws you into the lives of her characters as if you are right there beside them. Her use of traditional Greek mythological characters is enhanced by her ability to pull them into a modern day era that makes them even more relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Pregnancy

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

i have loved this series for years, and while i am so sad this is the last book, i loved it and i’m grateful that i didn’t have a broken heart after reading it! i adore hades and persephone’s love story with my whole heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, War, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

Ending a series is always a monumental task and I thought this ended wonderfully. Stakes and consequences were high, but it was also balanced with the same spicy romance and humor readers of the series have come to expect. Great job SSC!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Slavery

rainmonto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

ugh this series was great until i found the bonus chapter 🤦🏻‍♀️ i’m tired of the persephone X hades novels being great until the end. why can’t they just leave the ending alone?  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Suicide