Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Touch of Malice, by Scarlett St. Clair

61 reviews

ewarde's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

3rd book. Best book. I devoured the first two books as well, but this one takes the cake. The pace was quick and just kept you wanting more. She leaves us on a major cliffhanger, so I can't wait for the release of the 4th book in September!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Blood, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

macykey's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

I loved seeing Persephone’s journey through this book, this is my favorite of her books so far. I also love all of the lore and that we have more interactions with other gods. But for the love of all things good and holy, the amount of sex in this book was way too much. Half of the sex scenes could’ve been removed and it would’ve cut out 50 pages. There are some that seem like they will be adding to the story and serving a purpose, but then the purpose is never served. I cannot wait for Hades perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Injury/injury detail, War, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Vomit

hq_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

This series just keeps getting better - the direction of the plot is so addictive!! It’s fantastic! The ending was 🤯

Persephone’s relationship with Hades still has me hooked - I thought by book 3 I would be tired of them together but St Clair has done a great job of keeping us invested. 

Again though, the spice was just meh. There were a few moments that were hot but it’s not really doing anything for me, at times it feels constant. Thank god the plot is great and the characters are fantastic!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Kidnapping and Blood

Minor: Rape

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

eli_cart's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Minor: Cursing

paigeking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, War, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Sexual assault, Infertility, and Rape

mattiedancer's review

fast-paced

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

3.75

Writing: 3.25⭐️/5 

Again, the writing is a bit dry for my tastes. This book had the most spicy scenes so far in the serie – or at least it felt like it – and honestly they started to take away from any other plot. A lot of them didn’t make sense in the story and seemed just thrown in. 

Characters: 3.75⭐️/5

Kind of the same as the other books. Persephone is the most well-developed, and Hades also has very little personality outside of Persephone, as do many of those who Persephone is close to. 

Plot: 4⭐️/5 

The plot definitely took a bit of a different turn than the other books. I enjoyed the overarching plot, but I got a little frustrated that nearly any time Hades and Persephone were alone together, they had sex. It just started getting a bit predictable and repetitive. That being said, the bits with the Demeter plot were really interesting. 

Post-Reading Rating:  4⭐️/5

I’m curious where the story will go next.

Who Should Read This? 

• Those looking for a smutty Persephone-Hades retelling

CW: Sexual abuse, mentions of rape, sexual assault, murder, death 

Final Rating: 3.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, and Violence

lyssalandart's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

This was my favorite so far in the series as we develop into more characters, some of which add diversity in terms of sexuality. One of my surprisingly favorite minor characters has me wanting more to develop with them and their love interest. 

The main characters remain as lovable as when we first met them and I’m still rooting for them, especially with such a huge cliffhanger at the end! I hate that I found this series before the 4th book gets released because I am waiting impatiently wondering how everything will happen! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

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