Reviews tagging Toxic relationship

The Spanish Love Deception, by Elena Armas

55 reviews

mirandap442's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Eating disorder, Grief, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, and Pregnancy

sami_leigh's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

“I’ll earn my four-letter word.”

“When I finally kiss you, there won’t be any doubt in your mind that this is real.”

🌮 Enemies-to-Lovers
🌮 Sunshine & Grump
🌮 Workplace romance
🌮 Fake Dating
🌮 Forced Proximity
🌮 One bed
🌮 Growth in MC after previous toxic relationship
🌮 ‘Touch her and I’ll kill you’ vibes
🌮 Established secondary characters; we love Rosie & the Martin family!
🌮 A look at how gender bias impacts treatment of women in the workplace, college, and relationships.
🌮 Epilogue

⚠️ Cancer, death of a parent, toxic relationship (in past), pregnancy, sexism, misogyny.
🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

megcarrick's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

mswarning's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

It just worked for me. I can't always know ahead of time with these social media darlings. The one over-the-top

Spoiler

"I want to feel you milking me"

line didn't ruin it for me. I did laugh when I got to it, but I've read much worse in erotica.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, and Cancer

georginainvisablestring22's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder, Cancer, and Death of parent

severelyhopefulcloud's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

roadesntoades's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the cutest romances I have read in a long time and does not deserve any of the hate it’s given. This is a book that doesn’t shy away from being a bit cliche. I mean it literally lays out the tropes on the back. It’s fake-dating, enemies to lovers, one bed. It doesn’t shy away from that it embraces it. Yeah there are some moments that are bit rinse and repeat but they are enjoyable. Plus I love that it’s made clear that Aaron has always been attracted to Catalina, or at least liked her. It wasn’t some sudden romance, or spontaneous declaration. We know how it will end and we know that Aaron wasn’t hiding it, just respecting Catalina’s boundaries. It’s honestly such a cute read, and really enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder

hannibanani29's review

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Cancer

Minor: Xenophobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

larxene_castellan's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted

4.0

I'd seen mixed reviews on this, so didn't know what to expect. The dialogue was a bit forced/unnatural at times, but when you get into the story, that isn't as prominent. Fake dating, there was only one bed...<3 Oh and miscommunication between the MC/LI didn't cause a huge misunderstanding!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Medical content