Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Touch of Malice, by Scarlett St. Clair

14 reviews

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, War, Infertility, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, and Alcoholism

kamross's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Tbh, this book was hard to get through. The end had me on my toes, but up until then it was a chore. There was a ton of repetition (esp. in the smutty scenes), which made it feel really boring. I loved her book King of Battle and Blood, so I'm just not sure how this series got so far away from that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

kloughlin's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Cursing, War, Death, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility, Sexism, and Rape

katyfortner's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.75

Wow wow. I loved this book especially the last quarter of it. It made me so happy and hopeful and cry and heartbroken. It kept me at the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. 

Spoiler

Hades and Persephone’s wedding was so endearing and I’m so happy they finally got married. Not sure how I feel about this potential pregnancy trope coming up. They were hinting at it so hard and bringing it up so many times that I would find it very hard to believe if it isn’t in the next book. Also, I wish there was more fight scenes with the Olympians! It ended so abruptly and then all the drama with Sybil and Theseus happened. And wow my heart hurt when Zofie went to save them from Theseus and was killed. Ughhhh I thought we were just getting into her storyline and friendship with Persephone for her to die too soon. Then Persephone killing Demeter wowwww. I figured something would happen to make her stop but I thought they may have a heart to heart instead of her killing her mom… wow she is going to be so messed up after this war.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Violence, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Rape

raiderqueen23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, and Grief

locpressedbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: War, Death, Torture, Rape, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking

karambit's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Blood, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, War, Infertility, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Confinement, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Ableism, and Pregnancy

ellesmith's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Vomit

Minor: Stalking, Rape, and Infertility

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Infertility, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Rape, and War

psyched_np's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, and Infertility