Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Moth to a Flame by Ashley Antoinette

14 reviews

kiarra_s's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Too good!!

As someone who used to read urban fiction a lot as a kid, I’m so glad I discovered this book! The plot was interesting and well-paced. I loved the character development and the way the author revealed each character’s perspective and how they came to make certain decisions! This read definitely felt like watching a movie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Medical content

trizk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

2.25

"You deserve everything that's coming to you." 

The novella, "Moth to a Flame" follows Raven as she navigates her late teens to adulthood in a toxic relationship with Mizan. 

This book can only be described as a whirlwind, I found myself charmed by the humor while simultaneously irritated at the situations Raven wound up in

because of yknow who.

. Ashley Antoinette does a good job showing the dangers of staying in abusive situations and the havoc and damage it can bring to life.

How the sex scenes were described in this book wasn't really my thing, and my copy had a handful of spelling errors or the sentences were structured wrong.  However, I thoroughly enjoyed the story's pacing and was incredibly impressed by how Antoinette can make the reader care for multiple characters in such a short amount of pages. 

Definitely recommend for readers to check trigger warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Classism

miawhite30's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The  book itself reminded me of Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree and The Coldest Winter ever by Sister Souljah mixed into one. Sidenote: If you like this book I recommend reading those other two. 
The main character in this book was sooo frustrating. I understand that she was teenage girl who knew nothing about nothing but there were some moments where she did things that were so dumb it was unforgivable.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

ksamaine95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kendramekalle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow! Just wow! I went into this kind of blind. This book was the talk of a FB group I’m in and I wanted to see what the hype was all about. The themes were difficult, and our main female character Raven stressed me out. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking and Gaslighting

thewellreadlabrador's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

_geminigenres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Miscarriage

themoodyambr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

This book took me through the wringer of emotions. Idk if I’m going to go back to Ashley Antoinette anytime soon 😭 my nerves are SHOT ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

destheesquire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

scorttarius's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

1.0

This book was certainly not for me. I only finished for the messiness but it was too much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting