Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A touch of darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

40 reviews

tamaraloraine89's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

slow start but heated right up to sizzling. I wasn't sure I'd like it in the beginning but quickly became hooked and couldn't put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

nicolaj1994's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

puck_jay's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

Not for me. Good hate-listen tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

rchulin1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

saychall's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

medusasmayhem's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.5

2012 wattpad fanfiction of Greek myth doused in slow burn and smut

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction

abikale's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

Loved Hades. Wasn’t so sure about some of the female characters who seemed quite shallow at first but they weren’t bad and I did prefer them as we got into the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

sonatica's review against another edition

I generally like the idea of reteölings of the Persephone & Hades Myth in new ways, but this just wasn't for me. It felt like reading fanfiction (which can be good, obviously!) to me. One obvious trope was chasing another and it felt so predictable.
But I could've looked past that for a casual read.
However, the way he speaks to her after one of the spicier scenes around the halfway point of the book completely threw me off.
I like dark romance and I can look past toxic behaviour in fantasy if it's not glorified too much, but him saying

"I have been inside you, and you will never be able to forget that." or something along those lines

after she made clear that she didn't want to continue and felt conflicted, felt so wrong and disgusting that I just can't go on.

Mind-reading or lies-tasting or whatever doesn't save that for me either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Medical content

I feel like it's worth mentioning that this book features a scene in which two characters' drinks get drugged in a party-setting, for those who may want to avoid that sort of content.

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail