Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The High King's Golden Tongue by Megan Derr

8 reviews

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Racism

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

lady_smith's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, and War

Characters drink wine and alcohol frequently but rarely to excess and is appropriate to the medieval-esque setting. Repeated references to main character’s childhood experience with

physical/emotional abuse and bullying by his brothers.

Multiple scenes with hand-to-hand combat where some people are killed. A couple of descriptive sex scenes. Kidnapping & torture:

two important characters are taken by enemy soldiers and tortured to the point of needing extensive medical attention.

pitsikakku's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism and Animal death

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

4.5

"Nobody who loved a hawk would be drawn to a songbird, especially not a damaged one."

I discover this book and the series in one list that listed fantasy books with LGBT+ characters. I confess, that I didn't know what to expect, but I was positively surprised. And although I could find the use of some tropes, I think that this book used these tropes in an imaginative way, and created a well-developed love story that contains action, humor, and romance in a balanced dosage.  The characters, as the worldbuilding, are well-developed and interesting. 

One of the things that I found interesting is the approach to gender and sex in this book. By letting people choose their identities and treating them accordingly, I think that this book created a truly equal society. That doesn't mean that society doesn't have its problems, but those problems aren't directly related to gender and sex. Isn't this interesting? 

Overall, I really liked this story and will read the other books in the series. So, if you are looking for a LGBT+ fantasy story I strongly recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: War

Minor: Pregnancy

lady_moon's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 Rep: achillean MC, achillean MC with migraine, achillean side characters, sapphic side characters, polyamorios side character, nonbinary side character, ace (only mentioned) side character, BIPOC side characters, queer-normative world

I fucking devored this, omg 😩 I didn't go in the book looking for this but THE POLITICS!! I fucking loved it, it was magnificent - there isn't anything as satisfying as a political fantasy. Allen is a new favorite character, I do wish the whole series to have been about him and Sarrica

Also, the title 🥺🥺🥺 There is no one that deserves the title golden tongue more than Allen 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Torture, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

centrifugepolitics's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse and Torture

Minor: Grief

charlieleelee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Torture

Moderate: Death