Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Lost Siren by Raven Storm

5 reviews

myinvinciblesummer's review

dark tense

2.75

The actual world and concept of this book is REALLY cool. I HATE the king MMC. If the MMC had been edited into the same concept and character but with less thinly veiled non-consent (just bc she ends up liking it doesn’t mean it’s not non consensual) this book would almost be a 4. 

I think I get what the author was trying to do with him, but he’s not redeemable to me. He’s abusive and irrational.  Luckily one of the MMC is a cinnamon roll or I would have DNFed it because I found the MMC really unbearable, and triggering, even with the cool world and story line. I want to read the rest of the series because I like the world but I can’t do it if the king MMC acts the same and doesn’t actually apologize and change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War

doubletherazzle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

1.25

The book needed another heavy edit. The “character development” was reduced to short internal monologues that essentially amounted to “I’m different now than 15 seconds ago” with no real  support or actual development. I’m all for suspending belief for the sake of fantasy, but

terrified virgin slave to poly warrior queen with no actual training, character development challenges, or genuine physical/emotional growth

was beyond irrational.  Character “development”  was generally awkward and disjointed from the plot, which was also incredibly choppy, and world building was minimal and piece mail. Beyond plot and character issues, there were several incongruities (is he a cousin or a nephew?), grammar issues, the writing was generally mediocre, and the tropes were trope-y in all the wrong ways (I love a good trope, but these were predictable and not fleshed out). For a book advertised as it is, I expected  much more spice than was actually present. 

All that said, I wanted to spend time reading something distracting when I couldn’t focus and didn’t have energy to invest in other things and this was a free bonus download through hoopla on my library card, so it met the criteria for my present situation (hence why I finished it).  Unclear if I’ll seek out sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

lotte5322's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and War

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

4.0

Good plot, interesting premise, horrendous ending.

Basic points of the premise: is technically post-apocalyptic, the apocalypse was caused by demons and magical beings taking over the world, all humans in existence have been enslaved for generations over 600 years at least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Some of these tags don't exactly fit because the book is high fantasy, but the theme of the tag is in the book.

lanorton's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

4.5

I surprisingly liked this book. The first part really had me question but it got good. On spice level there is only a couple ok scenes. I give it 3/5 spice.  It is a clif hanger but the second book is out and on KU. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, and War