Reviews tagging 'Violence'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

465 reviews

ellutinh's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

kateped's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

hvw17's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

alliek315's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

jasminegray's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence

aisclaradm's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I had a great time reading it, but realistically I couldn't give it anything higher than 3 stars because it was just so painfully badly written. 

That being said, the plot itself was great, the world was interesting, and the romance was fun. At the end of the day, I did really enjoy this book, and ultimately, that’s the reason I chose to read it, so it’d be a bit disingenuous to rate it TOO badly because of the poor writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

lovebexdeath's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Re-reading this as an audiobook was such a delight! Stina Nielsen does an impeccable job bringing Poppy and Hawke to life. My only gripe is that there was some inconsistency with the voice choices of different characters, so it was sometimes hard to keep track of who was speaking at specific times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, Classism

dubious consent about 75% through due to

Poppy not being fully aware of Hawke/Casteel's identity when she consented to having sex with him

iamelle's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent

sami_leigh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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🗡 First person POV (Penellaphe) 
🗡 First is a series of 7, with a spin-off series (neither are complete)
🗡 Fantasy
🗡 Easy to follow World Building
🗡 Forbidden romance
🗡 Enemies to lovers
🗡 Forced proximity
🗡 Tension and BANTER 👌🏻
🗡 Nickname
🗡 Sex positive, consent culture
🗡 Strong female lead with a lot of personal growth (Poppy serves BDE from day 1 🙌🏻)
🗡 Well established secondary characters
🗡 For fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses 🥀 

⚠️ Childhood trauma, death of a parent, grief, violence, torture, injury detail, emotional abuse and captivity, toxic relationships.

🌶🌶🌶

“With my sword and with my life, I vow to keep you safe, Penellaphe,” he spoke, voice deep and smooth, reminding me of rich, decadent chocolate. “From this moment until the last moment, I am yours.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, War