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A review by sad_samantha
Taming Seraphine by Gigi Styx
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is my honest review for Gigi Styx's Arc of Taming Seraphine.
My review includes some spoilers- but no details.
These are my opinions and you are free not to share them with me. I have waited a little while to post this as to let the book gain some other reviews.
I am very much a dark romance reader and enjoy books with pages of trigger warnings, just to give you an idea of whether the book was for me or not. I was expecting to enjoy it.
Pros( let's start with the good bits) :
-The sandwich IYKYK (You should read the book just for this.)
-Leroi is a sweet heart. He thinks about the fmc the whole time and only ever caters to trying to help her walk through the world without being harmed or arrested.
-Sera is an artist, one of my fav details was Sera's love to draw to get out her frustration.
- the plot was interesting and had enough twists and turns that I wasn't quite sure what to expect.
-the pacing for the story was good. We had lows and highs and it kept you reading as there no prolonged scenes which were unnessisary.
Cons:
- Unlike some of the other reviews one of my main issues with the writing is that is was quite reperative and abrupt in places. This kind of took me out of the story because I felt like I was reading the same thing again. This was more phrases and descriptions than full scenes or repetition in the plot.
-I didn't feel connected to the characters. Leroi was cute and out of the two main characters I enjoyed his pov more. But he flip flopped between wanting to set parametres with Sera to give her stability and then letting her manipulate him, when he knew full well she was doing it. I just expected him to have a firmer hand with her in some aspects.
- Sera has an obsession with GM*. This aspect of her character became repetitive for me and although the scenes are very different, the way the 2nd scene was written didn't feel right for me. (This is a matter of my opinion) also the fact she was trying to manipulate Leroi and make him jealous in that scene was completely lost on me.
- I was expecting more spice. I know crazy. I just felt the couple were set up to have dom/ sub roles which didn't quite play out imo.
Over all if you're looking for a dark romance which gets a bit darker and more in detail with the torturey side of the writing then I think you'll enjoy this one.
* Genital Mutilation
My review includes some spoilers- but no details.
These are my opinions and you are free not to share them with me. I have waited a little while to post this as to let the book gain some other reviews.
I am very much a dark romance reader and enjoy books with pages of trigger warnings, just to give you an idea of whether the book was for me or not. I was expecting to enjoy it.
Pros( let's start with the good bits) :
-The sandwich IYKYK (You should read the book just for this.)
-Leroi is a sweet heart. He thinks about the fmc the whole time and only ever caters to trying to help her walk through the world without being harmed or arrested.
-Sera is an artist, one of my fav details was Sera's love to draw to get out her frustration.
- the plot was interesting and had enough twists and turns that I wasn't quite sure what to expect.
-the pacing for the story was good. We had lows and highs and it kept you reading as there no prolonged scenes which were unnessisary.
Cons:
- Unlike some of the other reviews one of my main issues with the writing is that is was quite reperative and abrupt in places. This kind of took me out of the story because I felt like I was reading the same thing again. This was more phrases and descriptions than full scenes or repetition in the plot.
-I didn't feel connected to the characters. Leroi was cute and out of the two main characters I enjoyed his pov more. But he flip flopped between wanting to set parametres with Sera to give her stability and then letting her manipulate him, when he knew full well she was doing it. I just expected him to have a firmer hand with her in some aspects.
- Sera has an obsession with GM*. This aspect of her character became repetitive for me and although the scenes are very different, the way the 2nd scene was written didn't feel right for me. (This is a matter of my opinion) also the fact she was trying to manipulate Leroi and make him jealous in that scene was completely lost on me.
- I was expecting more spice. I know crazy. I just felt the couple were set up to have dom/ sub roles which didn't quite play out imo.
Over all if you're looking for a dark romance which gets a bit darker and more in detail with the torturey side of the writing then I think you'll enjoy this one.
* Genital Mutilation
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Torture
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Rape