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Scarred by Emily McIntire

63 reviews

wickeddelights's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I read this with my book club, and I am fairly certain I got a contact high from the sheer amount of weed that was smoked in this book. Like I am convinced that if I walked blindfolded into a bookstore, that I could find this book on smell alone.
I could not for the life of me connect with our MMC, Tristan. For 99% of the book he was worse than the actual "villian" of the story, Michael. He delights in torture, he threatens to have a woman 'graped' by everyone of his followers (Not once, but twice!), tortures his best friend, the list goes on. The man can't keep his hands off of his joints (coincidentally enough, both of his joints are stored in his trousers) he was either lighting up, or getting hard while Sara our FMC was constantly thinking about stuff oozing from her pores, or describing how her emotions directly effected her stomach or throat.
Every time I thought that Tristan was getting more bearable as an FMC, or being less of a creep like he would do or say something just weird or awful WITHIN two pages, every time.
The setting itself felt confusing and inconsistent at times. The year it takes place is listed at the beginning of the book, but it just doesn't translate into how things are described. There is an old timey castle still lit by candles and sconces, and yet there is also automobiles and guns. The old world setting also translates into a phrase in the book as well when someone is described as being like a red-headed step child, but REALLY that is just mild when compared to the "C*m seeping out of her pores" line.
It just wasn't for me.

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things100's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

A great lion king retelling from the “villains” pov. Loved sera and Tristan’s story

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entrancedbywords's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

0.5

Thanks to booktok last year I fall into the trap of being Emily McIntyre books, so I brought the set of Never After. After forgetting that I had these amongst my physical TBR, I finally found my copy of Scarred.

I'll be honest, I started reading this at 11pm at night after I had spent the day working in the heat and yelling loud enough to crackle my voice. So my attention for bed was high yet over exhaustion kept me awake.

In the first 13 pages, I felt like I didn't have a justifiable reason to care about Tristan or Sara. Neither want the throne, both come from royalty, both bore witness fo funerals in recent years/days. Yet I didn't know the characters.

I assume their written as teenagers cause they felt very juvenile, though in saying that this is also claimed as a period piece; set in the early 1900s and I already know period piece styled books aren't my strong suit.

By page 26 I was really struggling with this. It felt like a wattpad story, as if there's information there yet missing at the same time. I really struggled to grasp the concept of the characters and the world within these pages.

By page 183 I realised how repeative this book really is. It's a lot of the same sentences repeated over and over, just written in different order and it started to bore me.

I felt like the book relies way too much on its dialogue while leaving everything else off the page.

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jordyyy101's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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milliethomsen's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

good plot too much smut

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lizzyspooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.0

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filipa_maia's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I have no words to describe this book!

Once again, dark romance / smut is not my favorite genre but, after 'Hooked', I was willing to give it a go. After this book I don't know anymore. The characters are horribly written, the plot is terrible, and the pacing... Jesus... even if you only read this for the steamy, even that was the worst.

At least Hook had some (very few) redeeming qualities!

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savage_book_review's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I reviewed this book last year, but have listened to the audiobook as it's about to drop off of the Audible Plus catalogue. My thoughts on the story haven't changed; while I don't think it's the best written of the series, overall I think Tristan and Sara are my favourite pair from the Never After world.

However, the narrators were all wrong for the characters in my opinion. The biggest issue for me is that Tristan's narrator has a voice that sounds far too old for the character! When paired with the youthful, saccharine sweet voice of Sara's narrator, this alone detracts greatly from his character. It made it really hard to imagine him as a devastatingly handsome 26 year old dark Prince and kept giving me big age gap, overbearing letch vibes. Sara's voice is probably a bit closer to my expectations, but it felt like it was missing the core of steel that the character has - she almost has the opposite problem of sounding too young. There was also a lot of gasping for breath between sentences, which got on my nerves after a while.

As a whole, it does do a good job at bringing the story to life, and in some respects I think it probably does a better job than the paperback at conveying the build up. But it does also highlight some of the flaws in the writing (I didn't realise the amount of times a character 'tsks' until I listened to this!) which you probably don't notice as prominently when reading a physical copy.

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pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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kylasmv15's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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