Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Touch of Malice, by Scarlett St. Clair

17 reviews

meh697's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

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

charlieiniso's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: War

seequinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

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

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

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Gore, Vomit, and Blood

sincerelyabiblio's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly was going to give this book a 3 star rating until I got to the last several chapters. I just think it was too long and could have honestly benefited from less spice. I know-what a concept. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

While I still love the characters and the world St. Clair built, the story arc was missing for me in this one. I love Hades and Persephone together and on their own, but it just seemed like everything that happened in the last 10-15 chapters could’ve happened way sooner. Persephone especially seems not to do anything (other than have sex with Hades) for 80% of the story. She slacks on her training, she slacks with her work, she slacks in her personal relationships. I hate when people lose themselves in their relationships in real life and I hate it in this book too. Although I’m still looking forward to book 4, I’m glad that it’s going to be awhile before it comes out so I can have a bit of a reprieve from the disappointments of this magical series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War