Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Dare by Harley Laroux

11 reviews

notamouse's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

5.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Outing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Biphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Addiction, Bullying, Body shaming, Hate crime, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

jessica_luvs's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

noveltay's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Apparently the reviews are all negative here but if you like degrading spicy books with kinks of all sorts.. this is a great read. Felt like I was being watched and shunned while I read this, but I did thoroughly enjoy this short novella. 

As for people complaining about the plot- do you really assume a short 100ish page story is going to have much of a plot?? C’mon. It didn’t need any more than it had!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Cursing

bbygirl21's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

I enjoyed this book just as much as I did the first time I read it. It's still as hot and spicy at I remember it being. I still love Manson and his friends as much as I did before. I also loved how Jessica's friend Ashley supported whatever Jessica wanted to do and have Jessica a way out if wanted. I liked pretty much every character in this book. I don't know if that'll change in the Losers Duet or not but for now all the characters were really fun. I'm excited to get into the first book in the duet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

nicole_boisvert's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Degradation, spanking, dom/sub, brat/dom, kink, delayed gratification,

kaetheluise_nckl's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

The first published book of Harley's that I have read and that went into a completely different direction with the plot.
It's Halloween themed. Do I love that? No. Do I love this book anyway? Heck, yeah.
I relate a lot to Jess, even though I don't like Halloween. I am also very careful with how society perceives me, and I tend to do the opposite of what I am told - and also, I am extremely coulrophobic, so when I read that some of Manson's friends were dressed up as clowns, I wanted to throw my phone across the room.
I know that the clown gang bang situation is not everyone's favorite, and to be honest, it isn't mine either, but if there's one thing that Manson got completely right it's that "getting scared turns the little angel on."
Speaking of Manson, I think he's my favorite out of all of Harley's male characters so far. He seems like the type of person a masochist would get along with well, because he knows those types of people, and he knows how to get them to want things they think they don't want.
But also you can tell that under his dom mask, he's a normal human being who also just needs love aside from control.
I think that's also what makes him and Jess such a perfect pairing - they both want love, but they're particular about how and when they receive it.
Harley, I hope you're reading this, because I need a sequel to this damn book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

CLOWNS, erotic humiliation, degradation, fearplay, painplay, knifeplay, consensual non-consent, orgasm denial, boot worship, spanking, crying, blowjobs, clowns, group sexual activities, spit, bondage, public play, bloodplay, raw sex/sex without a condom.

nvrseen_'s review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

milena84's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved the book

but as a person who is also scared of clowns I shuddered through the clown part</spoiler

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Blood

andrevarez's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence