Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Echoes of You by Catherine Cowles

14 reviews

taylorgabs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Nash has to be one of my favorite mmc’s that I have read this year! This book would be perfect if it didn’t have so many mysteries and plots happening at the same time. I wanted more Nash and Maddie scenes, but understand that Catherine was probably trying to set up the characters for the later books in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gun violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Murder

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Cursing, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Violence

kristensreading's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

clmr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

It’s a good story although seemed a bit far fetched as the suspense grew and the story unraveled

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

jengua1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping

skylarmarkayanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Nash and Maddie were just 🥰😍 together.... seriously the sweetest thing I've ever seen. Mirror images of misplaced guilt and responsibility.... history filled with love and affection that they, without thought, offer one another out sheer codependency for the other half of their soul... 😍 such a sweet connection! I can't say too much without giving away the plot points, but let's just say Maddie's parents were awful and I'm glad there was some retribution on that side of things because damn. 

The obstacles that these Hartley boys and their women have had to overcome is intense because Wren and Holt's book actually made my top emotional read of the year for 2023 with how incredible these suspenseful ass plots and the multiple suspects are! This is only my second book by Catherine Cowels, but I'm hooked forsure! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

daisycantread24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

okay listen I liked this one a lot more than the first one, but not enough to save the series for me 😅 I just feel like there’s so many other indie series that do romantic suspense better (I’m so sorry) 

that being said, best friends to lovers always makes me emo 🥹 and for once, there wasn’t any miscommunication or third act breakup, so that was a win in my book! 

I just found nash to be a little too possessive for me, even though I appreciate how open he was with his brothers and vice versa about giving her the space she needed. it just felt that he was not giving her enough space to heal and be herself not around her abusive ex. 

I did love the suspense elements way more in this one!! it wasn’t so much a mystery but wondering when the next shoe would drop and cause chaos 🤯 the ending needed a bit more workshop because the back to back almost unaliving the same character was a little overkill in my opinion 🤷🏼‍♀️

yes, I will continue this series but it’s going to be a one off for me!

rating: 4 stars
wine pairing: sonoma coast chardonnay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Kidnapping

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

Read this through in one sitting because this is a story that hit so close to home for me. 

Cowles shows again that she knows how to write three-dimensional victims of abuse because yes, most of the time we seem just like any other person but we're also really fucked up 🥴 

Nash and Maddie are so perfect for each other and even though it's taken them literal decades to finally admit their feelings, you can tell how they've always been the other's nr.1, even when they were "just" friends. 

Definitely a new comfort book 🫶🏻 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcoholism