Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

15 reviews

ayvie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Too much of the behavior in this aligned with r*pe culture, and it made it hard to get into the book and to suspend belief.

ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This was an excellent choice to pull me out of a book slump. Dark paranormal romance with enemies to lovers & fated mates tropes. Off the bat, we get the Lore, a catalog of the paranormal creatures of this universe, ranging from vampires to Lykae to Valkyrie and others.   I was immediately enthralled by the characters’ journeys, the lore, and the politics between the groups in contradiction to the couplings we begin to see. My only complaint is the book does seem to wrap up pretty neatly after I had expected an overarching plot through the series, but I’m guessing each book will feature different couples. I’ll certainly be picking up the next installment. 

Spice: 4/5 (2 words: blood blowjob)
Check TWs (dubcon)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infertility

ichiarabg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

oddsoul's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Sexual assault/violence:

The hero hunts for the heroine because she’s his mate, finds her and chases her, then forces her to take him back to her hotel room. He sort of threatens to rape her multiple times throughout the book, and forces his touch on her when she says she doesn’t want it and coerces her into touching him. There is no actual rape, however.

Torture / Confinement:

The hero was imprisoned by enemies and forced to endure prolonged torture by fire. There isn’t a lot of description in the book.

Violence:

The hero severs his own leg in order to escape imprisonment. Also, there are multiple scenes with vampire dismemberment and beheadings.