Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Sacrifice by Shantel Tessier

21 reviews

camilakennedy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

colorcrystals's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

ace97's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

dscholl's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

mard3ytv's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I really just read it cause I wanted to finish the set. Glad we learn what happens to Ty 🥹 

My god, the third act was almost too much for me. It started feeling like a telenovela. Lake’s family was trash!!! I don’t know if I will continue the series. The Spade brother’s did not peak my interest enough.

The spice was spicing 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Trafficking

misswirum's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

Raise your hand if you're a victim of Shantel's misogyny and plot-writing-skills 🙋🏼‍♀️

First of all; this is not a romance. This is a (bad) thriller/erotica. Authors need to stick to the genre or be held responsible when they're not!!

The Ritual with Ryat&Blake is one of my favourite books of all time!! But after "Sabotage" I'm pretty sure the author just writes for shock value. She knows what her fans want, and what she'll "get away with". Which is OK, but I really liked her early writing style, so I'm sad 😞

I'm not bying the whole "universe" either. It's to far fetched and all the Lords do is kill each other?

The FMC is weak af, but that's not her fault. She's been groomed from a really young age. And her character description made me think of DeBrie from Arrested Development s4.... that's NOT the vibe you want 🥲🥲
The MMC is mean mean and doesn't have a redeeming bone in his body. 

I used over a month reading this book, because I wanted to DNF it every other page. The only thing that kept me going was the tiny bit of mystery; who killed Whitney and what/who is Tyson saving Lake from?
The plot's not really going forward intil you hit the 60% mark. But even tho it's a stand-alone, you're left with LOTS of questions after finishing the book. 

2.5/5⭐️
2/5📝
3,75/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kdelong's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Dark romance but the plots elements had potential. unfortunately the majority of the scenes between the mmc and fmc are dubious consent at best and the text seems to try to normalize the dom/sub dynamic in a highly unlikely fashion. Not for the easily  affected by any kind of sexual violence or dubious consent dominance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy