Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Crimson River by Devney Perry

32 reviews

hapalyn's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious 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: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Addiction

katkinslee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.75

This was so great, at first I didn't know how into this story I was going to be because I wasn't as interested in Lyla as I was in a couple of the other siblings but man it was so great.  Lyla and Vance had such a great connection and I really enjoyed the mystery as well. It was nice to have a story where there wasn't a bunch of side stories going on, just the main one. I did find myself tearing up at this one. On a side note,  I have to wonder how these men are just ripping the underwear off these women!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Drug abuse

jamiejanae_6'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse

sleeping_unicorn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, and Child death

kenziewol's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

morriganlefaye's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Drug abuse

leahmadison's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Death, and Alcoholism

caitlyn_23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

izzyhuber's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Child death

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense 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

Lyla is in a relationship with her job. After being forced to take a day off by Eloise, she spends the day hiking only to come across a hunter who attacked her. Vance is a man who is haunted by his past. He has been hunting a man who continues to elude him. His hunt brings him to Quincy. 

This book was very similar to Indigo Ridge. Some romance, some suspense. I did enjoy Vance's storyline and the hunt for Cormac. The twist was definitely unexpected and left me shocked.

Cormac wasn't responsible for the death of his daughters!

The romance fell a little flat for me. I don't really like insta-love. Their relationship was pretty much all physical, very little emotional. It was fast paced. She felt like she loved him within a few weeks, even though she barely knew anything about him. (Also, I hated the nickname Blue, very generically unoriginal.)

Vance has had a rough past. He has endured some trauma and is not quick to trust. Due to this, he took a long time to open up to Lyla (really, it took him being threatened by Win!). I didn't find him to be very interesting or deep unlike some of the other men in this series. I wish we had seen more of his personality. 

I love how all of the family members are so intertwined in every book in this series. I always enjoy revisiting the other family members! 

Tropes: insta-love, small town, suspense 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Child death, and Violence