Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Carnal Urges by J.T. Geissinger

7 reviews

antidietleah's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Alcohol, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

condls27's review against another edition

dark funny 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? No

3.0

Another action packed book with banter for days. I enjoyed this book but there were definitely moments that took me out of it mainly the food shaming and weight comments. 

I loved Sloane’s dream of opening a body positive, safe space for young girls. I can also 100% relate to all the experiences and feeling she had growing up as a fat person but the constant comments about the “unhealthy” food ruined those great moments for me. The only time food was mentioned in this book it was immediately categorized as “healthy” or “unhealthy” not only can that be triggering for people with eating disorders it’s just unnecessary. It’s a 300 page mafia romance let’s spend that word count on something else. 

Declan’s pro-life hypocrisy was also a big side-eye. I appreciate that Sloane immediately calls him out on it but when you literally spend the book beheading people for doing the same job you do- criminally offensive side eye. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Fatphobia, Rape, Violence, Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, and Torture

kb33's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

The banter in this one was pretty good. Sloan was a smart ass but actually showed the wit to back it up; we aren’t just told that she’s sassy, we get to see plenty of it, and it’s quality writing. 

After reading the first two in this series and the synopsis of the next book, I’m expecting every book to include kidnapping and lots of spanking. This one had too much “yes, sir” from Sloan, who in the audiobook just sounded sarcastic anyway. 

TW/CW: brief mentions of 

past rape, child abuse by fat shaming, self harm, suicidal thoughts, and death of parent by cancer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

giannareadsromance's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

The banter between Sloane and Declan is so goddamn funny. And of course the spice is everything. I loved the evolution of their story, and how they were each able to heal themselves and each other. Sloane is one of my alllllll time fav FMCs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death of parent, Cancer, Gun violence, and War

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Rape, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Torture, and Vomit

kodafaith's review against another edition

dark funny tense 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

4.5

🔥😅🔥😅🔥 this was such a good read and a step up from the first one!
First off, the banter between Declan and Sloane is *chefs kiss* and the way that they fight it so hard. I can’t get over the “you’re like cancer. But less fun” line😂

This series is honestly so much better than I was expecting. And while the first isn’t my favorite and it’s not necessary to read this one, it’s definitely best to start there to understand the back story that’s building throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

mbro's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Confinement

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Death, Murder, and Self harm