Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe

29 reviews

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

It was a decent book for being such a short read. I really enjoyed the audio book voice actors that read it to me. 

Enjoyed the characters and the setting, I just wish that it was more mystery based then romance based but that's just my preference. 

Can't wait to start the next one especially with this one having ended on a cliff hanger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneykidny's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

larosamorada's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

samflowerv6's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Kallum Locke….. lord have mercy. This man is insane and ya know what? I ate up every second of it. He was a little scary but I loved it!! Am I insane for enjoying this? Maybe. I blame the wattpad books I read in middle school for my occasionally depraved taste. TRISHA YOU FED US DARK ROMANCE GIRLIES. The part that really sucked me in…. The plot is so interesting. I’m actually so excited for the second book!! Kallum is insane, obsessed with the FMC, smart and cunning. He was a philosopher professor before he was committed into an insane asylum.. he calls her things like little Halen, his muse and sweetness. THE TWISTS HAD ME BY MY THROAT !! And the ritual scene broke my brain in the best way…. I love love love love Hollow’s row and my insane book boyfriend Professor Locke. He’s not even morally grey, he’s pitch black and I’m down.

But what is art and beauty if not pain? Anything which comes too easily is an insult to both the creator and the consumer. 

“I will make you see god for damn sure.”

My fingertips memorize the erratic beat of her pulse as she slips away. Bah-dah-bump. Bah-dah-bah-dah-bump. I want to carve it in my skin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Medical trauma

mae_dexter_author's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Car accident

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

3.75

Some books you read to find out what you’re into…some books help you find out what you are not into. Sociopaths and detectives are not a trope I can get behind. It’s so toxic and this man does not have a single redeeming quality. His obsession with pain and fear just grossed me out so it was hard to stay in the story. I just wanted everyone to get away from this main character. I can’t root for a sociopath, much different from a villain or a person who’s been harmed and appears grumpy. But to each their own!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

em_lavee's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

2.0

This felt like the author wrote a paragraph, grabbed a thesaurus, and exchanged every third word. While the prose could be beautiful at times, it overall felt forced and made it hard to read/understand what this book was about. I could’ve cared less about the characters and the should they/shouldn’t they vibe. The sexy scenes weren’t very sexy, more so strange. 

Not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

redrxse222's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

innae's review against another edition

5.0

Wow!!!!   I am sitting in my house yelling to myself “Oh My God”..this book was so good!   A bit of Thomas Harris, a bit of Patricia Cornwell, a dash of spice and some great writing…AND then add two excellent narrators?  I don’t think this could be better…except, it does leave you hanging..just a bit.  I put myself on the hold list for book 2, but I may not be able to wait.    If you like your romance a bit on the horror side, do not wait…read this book now!   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death and Miscarriage

bethjuliette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

This was a recommendation from booktok for me - a snippet of just one of the first sexually tense scenes. They failed to mention the ritual sacrifices and incredible depth into philosophy, but my GOD that made this all the more incredible for me,

I like reading crime novels, I often find myself figuring them out as I go but this one had me doubting myself and distracting me with Kallum’s character just as he was distracting Halen and manipulating her. The author almost had me thinking I had been wrong…

until that last chapter revealed what I’d suspected.

I’ll say no more, but as a lover of dark fiction this is absolutely a must read - I’ll be reading that sequel ASAP! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

In the real world some scenes would be considered to be extremely dubious consent