Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

10 reviews

sillyhumantricks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I hate that this is where the series went. The first three books were so good and this one shifted to so much trauma and violence. in the audiobook a male narrator was added in addition to the female narrator from the earlier books and I did not like his voice or the shift to add another person. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Rape, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

charliebites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Child death, and Alcoholism

nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

Overall wasn’t a huge fan of the series, think this book was one of the better ones, definitely the best one with Persephone’s point of view.
The POVs of Hades were the better books in my opinion and same with the chapters in here.
Also there is a lot of smut, which I don’t normally mind. But in this case and for much of the series it’s like every other chapter and its pages of it. Felt like it took you out of the story and didn’t add anything to the characters growth or the storyline. Felt more like “oh don’t know what to put here so let’s let them go have sex.” 
Putting those aside this version of Persephone and Hades story is pretty good, it’s interesting and you get to really enjoy the other gods and really enjoyed their personalities; would’ve liked more of them. Thinking the ending could’ve been a lot stronger but of course had to have a smut scene instead of showing the aftermath and where the character end up…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, War, Death, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

kristinareadz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Suicide, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Death, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

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

mary_catherine's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was unnecessary graphic and delved into issues such as trauma, sexual assault, explicit rape, suicide, and more without true reason. None of this furthered the plot or was critical to character development. It was done without grace or tact. To add insult to injury, the plot was disappointing and slow. It didn’t feel like it was well thought out and didn’t really align with vibe from the previous books. Overall many aspects of this book felt forced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Rape, Domestic abuse, Torture, War, and Toxic relationship

shelbert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I am so happy to be done with this series. It started out as a good read with the first book, but as it went on, I had a lot of conflicting feelings. This last book was a struggle to get through. There was so much happening that it was hard to understand what I was even reading at some points (especially the battle scenes). 

I am intrigued by an upcoming new series about Aphrodite and Hephaestus by Scarlett, but I'm not sure if I'll actually read it or not yet. I really wanted to like these books, I didn't hate them, but it was cringy and overly sappy most of the time. Maybe it's just not meant for me lol. However I am happy it got me to read 7 books so far in this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, War, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

hannahjones27's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Well guys… I did it. I finished the series. And I’m crying 😭 I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this series and how much it means to me. Hades will forever and always be my first book boyfriend 😂

But in all seriousness, this story was great. Honestly a perfect final installment of Hades and Persephone’s story. I loved all of the split POVs (except Thesus’. I would’ve rather thrown up than read those). The characters were great, the plot twists were great. I really did not know what was going to happen in the story and I am still kind of shocked by how it went. 

I really can’t wait to see what Scarlett will do with Aphrodite and Hephaestus. I just hope she lets Hades in those books a little 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, and War

aehollins21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I love this series and it's the best retell ng. The characters were wrapped up nicely. Minus Ariadne and Dionysus. The medusa story felt like it didnt go anywhere. 

I know the author said she is going to come back to this world and explore other characters. I would absolutely love more. I will always love and recommend these books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

hayley22ann's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide