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Carnage by Shantel Tessier

43 reviews

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

this book was literally sooo good! i loved the dynamics between ash and the spade brothers, especially with saint, but i also really loved loved loved haidyn! would've loved to see more of him haha. you could really feel how much saint and ash love each other and while i thought ash to be a little too compliant lots of times in throughout the book, i also think she's a pretty strong and determined fmc. saint kinda felt like a badass with a secret golden retriever heart for ash and whilst i hated his behaviour towards her when he finally found her and took her back to carnage, i think his inner conflict on why he wouldn't let himself feel his love for her and make it visible to her was acted out amazingly! the plot going on towards the end of the book was great and full of unexpected twists and turns which made me gasp and cry out loud and guess everything - i couldn't put the book down, read until 2 am to finish it and went to work having slept for only 4 hours and that was totally worth it! the ending was great too and i was the happiest girly ever when i found out (although i guessed it already, but the author confirmed it) that

my man haidyn did, in fact, not die because of the motherfuckers who attacked him but is still very much alive

! nonetheless, the book was pretty dark, some stuff was really hard to swallow for me and i didn't like the dudes' behaviour towards ash when she came back to carnage...like yeah i get it hard times this that but duh they really could've handled the situation better cause they all knew she loves saint, he loves her and kash & haidyn love her as well sooo. but otherwise i enjoyed reading it quite a lot and had it finished within a day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ahbee_p_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

2.5

2.5 stars purely for entertainment value.
The FMC needs serious therapy. 
The second half of this book was messy, and the flashbacks were repetitive. 
MMC isn't "morally grey," he's abusive.
I've read other books from the L.O.R.D.S series, so I went into this with a fairly open mind.. overall, I was disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

amfrizi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

mallorytyler's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

carolxleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

thewenzl's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Too dark, even for me, and a bit repetitive with all the sexual punishment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, and Rape

unsweptglass's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Kidnapping

rashanaelyse's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

This was the worst book of the series. Literally nothing in it made sense at all. It was just a bunch of words and there was no real plot at all. At the end, the author tried to tie all the books together and bring all the characters from the world in but it was so freaking confusing that I got more lost. I hated the way she would talk about stories and say "he" or "she" and then wants to fill the blanks in later -- it didn't work. This book was just way too long and not necessary. Did not enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

booknerdcoco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book seemed like pure smut towards the beginning (not complaining) and i felt like I really got to know the characters, though they jad brief appearances in the previous standalone novels, I didn't get the opportunity to properly get to know the , so I appreciate  that opportunity.

 Shantel Tessier is (imo) iconic for her plot twists, and I knew something HUGE was coming. And when it arrived...well, it bent me over and had its way. Because I was not expecting it...any of it!!!!!

The story starts off slow, but it does set up the history of the characters really well. I also really liked how this particular novel started to really build on the relationships she characters had from the other interconnected standalones. 

Dark and gritty are what springs to mind when I think about this book (very dark, in fact).

I got to the final 47 pages, and all hell was breaking loose. I was so worried. I would be left with questions that would go unanswered. Whilst I do have questions, a lot were answered in those final 47 pages. I think the other questions (like all of the series) are to set up to maintain a relationship with future novels. I'm OK with this. It's ST'S MO.

Now, for those of you who dont know, ST is the queen of the tease
 And what the plot twists hit, oh man, do they slap- HARD!!!

Plot 4.5/5
Spice 5/5
Book boyfriend 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Trafficking

readingwithrem's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

What the heck was this ending.  I would have given it
 1 star maybe 2 if it hadn't kept me on my toes because of how HORRIBLE this ending was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence