Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair

30 reviews

maxinesf's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Infertility

kaylameaux's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and Torture

Minor: Child death and Confinement

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

2.0

Well, I read all three books, hoping the writing would improve. The story is constantly interrupted by whatever sex scene can be whipped up next. It seemed like the author used the Karma Sutra page by page to come up with something. I'm not opposed to sex and romance. It's just all of it was so repetitive, overdone, laughable. Roll-your-eyes boring after a short while. It forces you to start skimming. Literally, nothing got done within the storyline due to the constant sex scene interruptions and no exaggeration that it happened every other page. Very poor and disappointing, choppy writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Confinement, Infertility, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, Rape, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Disappointing writing.

avillard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, and Rape

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Toxic friendship, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Abandonment, and Alcohol

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, and Sexual assault

denisa13's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

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

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