Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert

10 reviews

bookishlucy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this one! The world of Dark Olympus and Wicked Villains bleeding into each other was very interesting. Watching the relationship between Hades and Meg mending thanks to Hercules was really sweet too. Katee has quickly become one of my auto-buy authors 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Car accident, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Rape

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Gun violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Rape

Rape/sexual assault is alluded to, but never portrayed.

art3m1sxx's review against another edition

tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity and Gaslighting

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I honestly enjoyed this book more than the first in the series. I love how what Hercules brings to Meg and Hades relationship. Just be warned this book is very spicy and delves relatively deep into the BDSM world. Be sure to check the content warnings if you have any concerns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Child death, Sexual violence, Death, and Sexual harassment

The sexual harassment, sexual violence, and rape mentions all relate to things that Hercules mentions his father is guilty of. It's only briefly discussed. The death and death of a child are also mentioned but happened in a character's past. We don't discuss how it occurred, just what led to it and that it did. All the remaining content warnings aside from the sexual content relate to a car accident that happens as part of kidnapping late in the book as part of the final conflict. Like mentioned above, this book is probably over half sexual content and delves into the world of BDSM fairly deeply.

violetends's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense 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

3.75

I really enjoy this series. The writing and the plot are a little cheesy but I can absolutely accept that since it is so much fun. 

Once again, this book contains more erotic scenes than I have ever found in another romance book (but maybe I am still too new to the genre). And once again I love the depiction of kink which gives me the impression that Roberts has a lot of knowledge in that territory. Except for minor details that seem to be more from the realms of fantasy than reality, these situations and the words with which they are described seem to be authentic kink scenes with consent, negotiation and aftercare being highly valued. And I appreciate that so much. 

Also I am overjoyed about the depiction of

polyamory. Even though the scene in which Hades, Meg and Hercules decide to date each other was incredibly short and skipped numerous steps of what the negotiations and agreements of beginning new relationship dynamics could and maybe should entail, it was all very sweet. It really warmed me to read the scenes of the three of them cuddling together or either of them experiencing compersion (a polyam term for witnessing your partner enjoy their time with someone else and feeling happy and fuzzy for them). This is a very positive depiction of a consensual polyamorous dynamic and I very much needed that in my life.

Lastly, I continue to be a huge fan of the Disney villain narrative frame. It's so much fun! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

ambenicole418's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.0

While the ending was completely rushed and disappointing, I did enjoy Hades, Meg, and Hercules’s relationship. This basically reads like your average erotica. You get exactly what you came for no more no less.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

izzyf16's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Child death, Car accident, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape

karambit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Sexual violence

toberomanced's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

I LOVE emotional vulnerability and this one offers it in spades. Couple that with physical vulnerability and it was pure bliss.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Rape, Torture, and Toxic relationship