Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Asistente del villano by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

7 reviews

protestmyboredom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

Ahhh this book is so good! Light and clever with so much personality. Original but also nostalgic and a cute romance with serious issues but it doesn’t feel heavy. I love Evie and The Villain and I was so excited to have his point of view too- I squealed to myself the first time. I can wait to read more and I’m sure I’ll read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical trauma, Death, Child death, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Torture, Chronic illness, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty

marci_travels's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

 Based on the age of the characters I thought I was dealing with a new adult fantasy romance. I thought the premise was a sunshiny assistant working for a grumpy villain and how she reconciled her need for a job with her horrible working conditions. (although this could be so much like real life I would hesitate to call it fantasy.) I thought the romance would be a nice long slow burn as the main characters would have to overcome some pretty hard stereotypes/values reassessment to make the relationship viable. I thought the secondary characters would add intrigue to the plot, clever banter to make the working environment even bearable, and a little magic because you know, it's marketed as a fantasy.

This just came across as one more ditsy beauty falling for the local bad boy with all kinds of cringey workplace harassment, "let's not talk about our feelings" emotional miscommunication, and world building so vague it had modern language in a medieval setting.

It's a fun little piece of fluff. The concept is fantastic and I really wish the author would have had a good developmental editor, "let's wait until it's ready" publisher, and beta readers who would have said the hard truths early to make this a better book. Because I believe it is in there. It's just not there yet.

This is a "read it in an afternoon" brain candy. An occasional treat that never hurt anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Torture

noriboo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

Wow. I'm in love with Trystan and Evie and I adore the side characters. The banter was lovely and the story flowed so well. I never expected the twist that was thrown at us in the last couple of chapters. What a cliffhanger. And what an awesome thing to see Evie come into her own.

Spoiler

She calls herself a villain, I say that she is standing up for herself and the people she loves. If that makes her a villain, then I don't want to be a good guy.

I cannot wait for the next installment 👏🏾🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, and Death of parent

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Death, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Child death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Sexism, Classism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Torture, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

nice_and_cosy's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing, this book made me laugh, squeal, cry, throw my phone across the room. Grumpy sunshine with a slow burn where he falls hard, and I am forever obsessed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death