Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Kingdom of Venom and Vows by Holly Renee

8 reviews

spatterson7's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

elskede's review

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

typedtruths's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

 my least favourite of the series so far. the plot to smut ratio is laughable

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, and Death of parent

➸ Trigger warnings for slut-shaming (on-page), graphic sexual assault and threats of rape including unwanted kisses and touching (on-page), blood and gore depiction including dead bodies and voluntary and involuntary blood-drinking (on-page), death of a friend in battle (off-page), murder of a mother (off-page), murder (on-page), regicide (on-page), torture (on-page), kidnapping and captivity (on-page), hostage situation recounted, war themes & battle scenes (on-page).

justabruja's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

kdancer890's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Expect at least 2 sex scenes between any plot development. I actually started to really just want to find out what happens and skip them after a certain point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, and War

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review

fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

sarahyjackson's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

cozymatchatea's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Let me just start by saying, the last page reveals that there's more to come, and I've never been more excited for new releases in a series. This is by far my favorite series- it is the perfect mix of fantasy, romance, drama, spicy scenes, rivalry, fated mates, magic... I could go on forever.

If you're reading this review you've likely already read books one and two so you know what I'm talking about. Without actually giving any spoilers, a wedding does happen, there are some main character deaths, we meet a different character"s mate, and a different couple FINALLY gets together. It is definitely worth the read to continue!! Although, after the crazy cliffhanger book 2 ended with, I don't know why you'd be reading reviews and not just inhaling the next book to find out what happens.

My single only complaint is the awkward use of the word "sex" to refer to the vagina in sex scenes. I spent a lot of time on book twitter and I don't know a single person who reads romance/erotica that doesn't cringe at that- we'd all prefer the correct names be used because the cringey stuff ruins the moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury