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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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
I really enjoyed this book, it was a lot of fun and I was honestly excited to get through this story to find out what happened in the end. I loved all the characters other than Muzi's friend, Mr. Tau, and Sydney. I really love how chaotic the story was but it was perfect because it still made sense and what was happening was very clear. The blend of fantasy, sci-fi, and mythology was just a breath of fresh air, honestly.
I will be taking a star off because a character repeatedly misgendered a trans woman at the end of the story and becauseMr. Tau is a child rapist and had the nerve to cry about feeling "guilty". Bro, end yourself, no one cares about your tears. I also hated that Numvula's mother slut shammed/victim shammed and humiliated her in front of the damned town. The mother paid for it promptly afterwards and so did 2,600 people, if I read correctly. One last issue I had with the story is that the ending felt really rushed, I would have liked a bit more of the story towards the end.
All in all I really enjoyed this story, it was so fun and exciting to read.
I'm giving this 4 out of 5 stars!
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I will be taking a star off because a character repeatedly misgendered a trans woman at the end of the story and because
All in all I really enjoyed this story, it was so fun and exciting to read.
I'm giving this 4 out of 5 stars!
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was not exciting or entertaining at any point and because of this book I'm finally going to give up on reading things just because they're popular, ya'll have questionable taste.
This read like a middle grade, not a young adult novel, but a very boring middle grade novel with terrible dialogue. It was also predicable in some parts, and then the ending was really lack luster.
I'm giving this one out of five stars, I did not enjoy this at all.
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This read like a middle grade, not a young adult novel, but a very boring middle grade novel with terrible dialogue. It was also predicable in some parts, and then the ending was really lack luster.
I'm giving this one out of five stars, I did not enjoy this at all.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia
dark
sad
fast-paced
Trigger Warnings - rape, domestic abuse, assaults', incest, cancer
This story was a clusterfuck and I did not like it. Trigger warnings above and spoilers below.
So, basically the main character grew up with only her father around and he dies while she's across the country in Los Angeles while she's at art school. He dies as a result of a heart attack because the man his daughter (the main character) is engaged to, just broke off his engagement with news that he has married someone else and that someone else is already pregnant. So, the main character's father dies.
The main character gets notice from the bank that she's expected to pay back her father's loan of $500,000 in three months or lose the family farm, obviously this would be hard to do so she's very upset. Then Mr. D shows up, and he offers the main character a deal. Marry him and stay married for 1 year and then divorce after that time period and he'll give her the money to keep her family's farm. She agrees and marries him 1 week later.
After the wedding we get some flashbacks. We basically find out that Mr. D raped the main character's mother before she was born and therefore he believes that he might be her father. Yes, the guy who just married the main character thinks he's her father.
The main character gets assaulted by her ex fiancé at the wedding. Then the main character's ex fiancé rapes her at a party a few weeks later and she becomes pregnant. Then we get this pro life speech and she announces that she's going to keep the fetus. This is the part of the manga where Mr. D admits to the main character that he raped her mother and he might be her father.
They divorce. Mr. D announces that he has a cancerous tumor. He gets treatment and recovers. He gets a blood test and finds out that he's not the main character's father. He asks the main character to marry him again. They live happily ever after....
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The writing was so bad, I'm disappointed because I love Nalini Singh's paranormal romance novels but this was just awful. The art couldn't save this story from being higher than a 1 star, and the art is stunning.
This story was a clusterfuck and I did not like it. Trigger warnings above and spoilers below.
So, basically the main character grew up with only her father around and he dies while she's across the country in Los Angeles while she's at art school. He dies as a result of a heart attack because the man his daughter (the main character) is engaged to, just broke off his engagement with news that he has married someone else and that someone else is already pregnant. So, the main character's father dies.
The main character gets notice from the bank that she's expected to pay back her father's loan of $500,000 in three months or lose the family farm, obviously this would be hard to do so she's very upset. Then Mr. D shows up, and he offers the main character a deal. Marry him and stay married for 1 year and then divorce after that time period and he'll give her the money to keep her family's farm. She agrees and marries him 1 week later.
After the wedding we get some flashbacks. We basically find out that Mr. D raped the main character's mother before she was born and therefore he believes that he might be her father. Yes, the guy who just married the main character thinks he's her father.
The main character gets assaulted by her ex fiancé at the wedding. Then the main character's ex fiancé rapes her at a party a few weeks later and she becomes pregnant. Then we get this pro life speech and she announces that she's going to keep the fetus. This is the part of the manga where Mr. D admits to the main character that he raped her mother and he might be her father.
They divorce. Mr. D announces that he has a cancerous tumor. He gets treatment and recovers. He gets a blood test and finds out that he's not the main character's father. He asks the main character to marry him again. They live happily ever after....
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The writing was so bad, I'm disappointed because I love Nalini Singh's paranormal romance novels but this was just awful. The art couldn't save this story from being higher than a 1 star, and the art is stunning.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
medium-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
Thane is a POS and I'm so annoyed with this book. Catalina deserves so much better than his dumb ass. I understand that he's going through loss and grief but that doesn't give him the right to be neglectful and borderline abusive towards Catalina. Thane takes too long to start treating Catalina right in my opinion, and it's frustrating as hell.
I don't think book was long enough to address the trauma that Catalina has gone through or the grief that Thane is dealing with. Because of the short length of the book, Thane is an asshole and selfish for 60% - 70% of the book, so basically for most of the book.
He's so carelessthat he ends up giving Catalina "The Bends" at the start of the book. He then locks her in a tower for weeks on end, leaving her in isolation.
For those few weeks she was only fed bread by the tower/kitchen workers because they thought she was purposefully being neglected by Thane and they wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Even though both characters discuss not wanting children, Catalina gets pregnant because he doesn't think about using any form of contraception. Up until the 70% mark, Thane has sexual encounters with Catalina and then he always leaves right afterwards. Leaving her feeling rejected, neglected, and used (like all the other people in her life have already made her feel.)
I would say that this book has an okay amount of spice. I really want more spice in my monster erotica! I would rate this 3 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies.
Overall this book was really frustrating but the smut was okay so I'm giving it 3 stars out of 5.
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I don't think book was long enough to address the trauma that Catalina has gone through or the grief that Thane is dealing with. Because of the short length of the book, Thane is an asshole and selfish for 60% - 70% of the book, so basically for most of the book.
He's so careless
For those few weeks she was only fed bread by the tower/kitchen workers because they thought she was purposefully being neglected by Thane and they wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Even though both characters discuss not wanting children, Catalina gets pregnant because he doesn't think about using any form of contraception. Up until the 70% mark, Thane has sexual encounters with Catalina and then he always leaves right afterwards. Leaving her feeling rejected, neglected, and used (like all the other people in her life have already made her feel.)
I would say that this book has an okay amount of spice. I really want more spice in my monster erotica! I would rate this 3 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies.
Overall this book was really frustrating but the smut was okay so I'm giving it 3 stars out of 5.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Blaze of Memory is the 7th book in the Psy/Changeling series by Nalini Singh. This is one of two books in the series that didn't get 4 or more stars from me, and this is my lowest rated Nalini Singh book (sadness, because I want to stan her and her work but uhhhhh...just not this book). I wanted to like Katya and Dev's story but I was just really bored during this book, it wasn't very exciting.
There were three issues that I had with this book. Firstly, I don't like how Katya throws two shoes at Dev because she's angry at him for a decision he made. Don't throw shoes at your partner or significant others, that's abusive and not okay. This came out in 2009 so I'm going to hope the author doesn't continue to write scenes like this.
Secondly,can we move away from the "the husband/father has a mental hiccup and decides to kill his wife/the mother before be comes to his senses". I'm so tired of this shit, it's old and misogynistic and ass and mentally ill people are more likely to BE hurt than to hurt others.
Thirdly, how tf didKatya shoot Ming in the head, point blank, and he's going to make a full recovery? HUH? EXCUSE ME? Nah, I don't believe that one bit.
I liked the endingit was looking like it wasn't going to be a happily ever after for Katya and Dev and I was really sad. I'm so happy the children had the ability to save her.
This book has an okay amount of spice! I'd say 3 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies worth of spiciness is in this book.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I'm giving it 2.5 stars out of 5.
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There were three issues that I had with this book. Firstly, I don't like how Katya throws two shoes at Dev because she's angry at him for a decision he made. Don't throw shoes at your partner or significant others, that's abusive and not okay. This came out in 2009 so I'm going to hope the author doesn't continue to write scenes like this.
Secondly,
Thirdly, how tf did
I liked the ending
This book has an okay amount of spice! I'd say 3 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies worth of spiciness is in this book.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I'm giving it 2.5 stars out of 5.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dark Blood is about a WWII African American war hero in 1960's segregated Alabama discovering that he has powers and super strength, while he's living with his wife and daughter. I didn't really like this comic very much, it felt like it was very much a load of trauma porn.
This man getscaptured in enemy territory in Germany during WWII and although he survives, he's physically and mentally scarred because the Germans killed his squad mate and tortured him. He makes it back to the states and has to deal with white American men and their racism and prejudice. He also has to deal with literally getting experimented on by more white men (which reminded me of the Tuskegee experiments.) Every white character in this comic is an awful human being.
It was 160 pages of trauma porn and I hated the ending. The only thing I really enjoyed was the art.
I'm giving this 2.5 stars out of 5
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This man gets
It was 160 pages of trauma porn and I hated the ending. The only thing I really enjoyed was the art.
I'm giving this 2.5 stars out of 5
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
TW - rape, gang rape
I wanted to like this so badly but there were just too many glaring issues. The author using the "Magical Indian/Indigenous Person Trope", everyone woman in this book BESIDES the main character Ana are awful evil bitchy women (this also happens in the prequel novella "Alpha and Omega".), and there's implied sexual assault an gang rape that the main character had to endure for three years and it was not dealt with properly (it shouldn't have been in the book at all).
I liked Charles and I wanted to like this book but I just couldn't. Here are some other issues; the pacing was very slow so 50% of the way through the book, nothing had taken place. It was all just character conversations and backstory. I read in someone else's review that this book is supposed to take place over the course of a day, I didn't see that in the book myself but I do admit that I have no idea how many days are supposed to have passed during the duration of this book so it definitely could have taken place over the course of one day.
The spicy scene okay, I'd give it 1 chili/ out of 5🌶️
Overall I give this book two stars out of five stars.
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Libbyapp.com
I wanted to like this so badly but there were just too many glaring issues. The author using the "Magical Indian/Indigenous Person Trope", everyone woman in this book BESIDES the main character Ana are awful evil bitchy women (this also happens in the prequel novella "Alpha and Omega".), and there's implied sexual assault an gang rape that the main character had to endure for three years and it was not dealt with properly (it shouldn't have been in the book at all).
I liked Charles and I wanted to like this book but I just couldn't. Here are some other issues; the pacing was very slow so 50% of the way through the book, nothing had taken place. It was all just character conversations and backstory. I read in someone else's review that this book is supposed to take place over the course of a day, I didn't see that in the book myself but I do admit that I have no idea how many days are supposed to have passed during the duration of this book so it definitely could have taken place over the course of one day.
The spicy scene okay, I'd give it 1 chili/ out of 5🌶️
Overall I give this book two stars out of five stars.
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Libbyapp.com
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due is an anthology of short horror and thriller stories, it's Due's first published book in 7 years and it marks a wonderful return for the author.
My only complaint is that the short stories are too short and they leave me wanting more, but that's the point of a short story.
My favorite short stories in this book were; Haint in the Window, a few of The Gracetown Stories, Ghost Ship, Shopping Day, and The Biographer.
I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5
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My only complaint is that the short stories are too short and they leave me wanting more, but that's the point of a short story.
My favorite short stories in this book were; Haint in the Window, a few of The Gracetown Stories, Ghost Ship, Shopping Day, and The Biographer.
I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
The Dragon's Bride is the first book in Katee Robert's paranormal romance series, "A Deal with a Demon." This story was really cute. Briar Rose is a woman sort of on the run from her abusive ex when she decides to make a deal with a demon to permanently escape the abuse and her ex. So Briar makes this deal with a demon and unbeknownst to her, part of the deal is that she has to marry a paranormal creature, in this case a dragon.
I love the banter between Sol and Briar, it's just so damn cute. I also love how protective Sol gets.
This book has SO MUCH spice, I'd say 5 chilies/ out of 5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ chilies worth of spiciness is in this book. It was great and so sexy.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I'm giving it 5 stars out of 5.
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I love the banter between Sol and Briar, it's just so damn cute. I also love how protective Sol gets.
This book has SO MUCH spice, I'd say 5 chilies/ out of 5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ chilies worth of spiciness is in this book. It was great and so sexy.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and I'm giving it 5 stars out of 5.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, Pregnancy
challenging
dark
sad
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
Trigger warnings for - off scene implications of the main character being gang assaulted and raped by some of the men in her pack before the events of the novella take place
Alpha and Omega is a short story by Patricia Briggs, it's the first story in her "Alpha & Omega" series about wolf shifters. This story is chronologically book number 0.5 in the "Alpha & Omega" series.
I really wanted to like this story, I have an issue with the harsh treatment Ana was forced to go through before the events of this book. Ana and Charles are very cute together. I'll suspend my disbelief and accept that they fell for each other very quickly becausethey're fated mates .
I also wanted to pay attention and make sure that the author wasn't being insensitive in any way while writing an Indigenous man character (Charles).
There is no spice in this novella. The two main characters talk about sex but there's no spice anywhere to be found, heads up.
Overall I enjoyed this novella, but I knocked a few stars off becauseI hated Leos justification of allowing Ana to be raped by several male members of the pack so he could appease his fucking wife. That part of the story was shit.
2 stars out of 5
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Alpha and Omega is a short story by Patricia Briggs, it's the first story in her "Alpha & Omega" series about wolf shifters. This story is chronologically book number 0.5 in the "Alpha & Omega" series.
I really wanted to like this story, I have an issue with the harsh treatment Ana was forced to go through before the events of this book. Ana and Charles are very cute together. I'll suspend my disbelief and accept that they fell for each other very quickly because
I also wanted to pay attention and make sure that the author wasn't being insensitive in any way while writing an Indigenous man character (Charles).
There is no spice in this novella. The two main characters talk about sex but there's no spice anywhere to be found, heads up.
Overall I enjoyed this novella, but I knocked a few stars off because
2 stars out of 5
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail