Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

225 reviews

mxlix_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

So many twists and turns. This book had me laying down just to sit back up every 5 seconds lmao. But really though, I love Ryat and how his character develops throughout the book. The way he never judged Blake and was always willing to give whatever she wanted a try. So much shit happened in this book. I can’t even formulate my thoughts into words,  but it’s a good read and I definitely recommend. DEFINITELY look at the content warnings though.

Spice Rating:
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

Favorite Character:
Ryat

Favorite Quote:
“…And out of all the things I’ve done, you are by far the greatest reward for my selfishness.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

moniquemariek's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Dark, check trigger warnings, but really good smut. Also a lot of twist and turn plot moments, which I love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcohol

consent non consent fantasies, heavy bdsm, praise, degradation kink and others

enzopudge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

melissaslibraryy's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was dark and wild and I am soooo reading the next book in this series🤭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

hilary89's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I’m not sure I really get the hype on this one. There was literally no character development and I found Ryat and Blakey both flat and one dimensional. Most of the plot revolves around fitting sex scenes in.

Also docking a full star for the near constant references to specific songs. It’s just rude of an author to assume their readers have the same taste in music and will know all their references.

It seems the next book is the most popular and the smut was admittedly fantastic, so I might give the series one more shot, but so far I’m not impressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

bookedupchick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

oreer's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

fermented_mangoz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

marietjm's review against another edition

dark medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

mickeyb41014's review against another edition

Too many triggers! The premise was very disturbing and not friendly to women at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder