Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Sabotage by Shantel Tessier

28 reviews

celyycell's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lilybuddy's review

dark 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

3.75

Well this got me up way past my bedtime. I gotta say I somehow thought it would be much darker based on a review I read, but after having looked up some scenes from Hunting Adeline, there's a lot more necessary to shock me...
Solid spice, quite hot, barely any plot, and fun👍🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

siffpedersen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

andeng's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lauraschuhmann's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

definitely not as good as her other books in the universe and it had so much more potential though at the same time it was also shorter than the others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

libraryofjess_'s review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

✨ 3 stars ✨
🌶️ 4 spice 🌶️

‘Apart, we were our own worst enemy, but together? We’re explosive. An unbeatable team.’

Shantel Tessier is the reason I question if I need therapy now because these books are so addictive.

This was pure smut, taboo/toxic romance, thriller vibes, with very dark moments. It was a very easy read, super fast paced. 
I do wish that the plot was a bit better and maybe the book to have had been a bit longer so that the ending wasn’t so…I guess suddenly done? I don’t know how to explain it. 

I do however really enjoy how it went straight into it at the beginning (with a spicy scene no less). I feel like it was very easy to catch on to everyone’s roll in the story. 

I do recommend this for dark/thriller romance readers, please check TWs and CWs as it is very descriptive in triggering topics! 18+

Happy reading 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

gvareads's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

ladylaurenexplorer's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I went in to this, expecting more than what I got. I will say that if I had read this book before I read The Ritual, I probably would never have read The Ritual. 

This is in the same world as it both none of the characters, that I remember, are in this book. 

This is very short and I will say this is definitely a lot of porn and a sprinkle of plot. 

Another thing I’m beginning to realise, is the roughness kink where you are hitting your partner or slapping them. Carving things into them is just not my thing.

Oh that’s really heavy in this very short book. It took me out a lot to the point where I didn’t get any enjoyment from a lot of the scenes. 

But I will say that I’m glad that Colton and Raylee their HEA in the end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Murder

maustin1015's review

dark sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder