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Timber by Tate James

19 reviews

phoebexcx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Oh wow, where to even start. This series, this whole book UNIVERSE, in fact, has been an absolute ride from start to now (because it’s not even finished, I’ve still got the Guild series to go!). Tate James books are absolutely un-put-down-able - I don’t know how she does it! There is never a dull moment, never a place where I feel comfortable pausing to read and although I do my very best to pace myself, it’s HARD! The characters are so compelling, the storylines are completely electric and don’t even get me started on the chemistry and romance!! *SWOON* 

The plot is so well crafted, all these different threads being woven throughout the story that come together so well and all start to make sense the further you get. Everything fits into place with just enough left to drive you further forward into the next series. I’ve enjoyed it so much. I’ve tried to predict it as much as possible, but Tate James seems to be the absolute queen of plot twists and curved balls! Just when you think it can’t get any better, BAM! And those cliff hangers are just something entirely else. I’ve enjoyed every word of these series, with undoubtedly hundreds of highlights and bookmarks in each book to mark my favourite things. Phenomenal. I’d give it 10 stars if I could! And despite being worried it would be similar to the MK series and fall complicit, it is completely different in what I felt was even better. It’s darker, grittier, smoky. The characters are all just so well developed and distinguishable and it’s been great seeing characters from the previous series set in the same world too. I loved the darker aspects, the crushing reality and cruelty in places, and the gritty truths and hardships that just made the characters even more relatable and real. I can’t recommend this series, this universe, or this author enough. Truly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jamiekieltyka's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

cch3rd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

spicyviolets's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? No

2.5

This series really ran into some pacing issues for me as it went on. This last book felt way too long, and for very few good reasons. I still liked the MC’s, and was glad to finish out their stories, but I think some of this could’ve been edited down. There was a whole lot of (pretty decent) spice. Definitely way more than any of the other books, but the group nicknames continued to feel absolutely cringe.
This book also felt much darker, and more graphic than the rest of the series. The FMC goes through some really upsetting

torture/sexual violence

on page at the beginning of the book, so be sure to check your trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking

anmccrary2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide and Trafficking

hellxriver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Suicide

meliroo's review against another edition

dark

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Okay, I lied. Timber is by FAR the darkest in the series. As a social worker with a background of trauma work, Hade’s recovery was sketchy at best, however her revenge was SWEET. The spice is incredible, and reminds me why Tate is one of my auto-reads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

books_before_bed_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail