Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells

7 reviews

spicybookgal331's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This is my first shifter romance and I absolutely loved it start to finish! The characters, the tension, the world development was amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

bidpat's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Sexism

condls27's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The angst. That sweet, sweet angst. I inhaled this book in one day. I really thought I was going to struggle with this trope- I can’t handle second-hand embarrassment but I was so wrong! The tension, Una’s determination, the groveling made it all so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, and Kidnapping

blueskiesblacksoul's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Gore

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I've read a lot of shifter romances, and this one is my new favorite.  Complex emotions,  high stakes, great world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

now_booking's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

This was a unique sort of shifter romance where instead of being a mate-or-nothing sort, the alpha, Killian, rejects his fated mate, Una, initially (for really no good reason, let’s be honest) and spends the rest of the book groveling to get her back. I overall liked it and thought I’d was good, but I’m also not feeling like it’s my favourite shifter romance I’ve ever encountered. It was well-written and despite the beginning I liked how the author managed to write Killian back from an absolute a-hole to someone I actively liked. Una also came into her own in this story which was nice. Sometimes in these stories when one character has a huge character growth arc, the other character is kind of forgotten, but Una also came into her own in confidence and assertiveness throughout this book and that was a pleasure to read. I think some of the character transitions from beginning to end seemed to pop out of nowhere but this was good and I would read the next book happily. The secondary characters really popped and I’m curious about so many potential couples here. Not much diversity, but there is a gender non-conforming potential story lurking in this world (maybe in a future book) that I think would be really innovative for shifter romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

marysbookinit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this story overall, and I loved the female MC - her and her wolf were a joy to read. Una had a lot of bad hands dealt to her in life but she paved her own way to purpose and finding little slices of happiness in a society that treats her as ‘less than’, and she empowers her friends to do the same. I would lay down my life for all of the lone females in this book. Very intrigued by future pairings.

The male MC rejected Uma as his mate early on - big mistake, huge. I could always use more grovel but he did do a fair bit here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment