Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

All He'll Ever Be by Willow Winters, W. Winters

16 reviews

ana_serpas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

If you’re looking for a very dark spicy read this is a wonderful pick. I would recommend checking any triggers before going in, but I could not put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mljatip's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Rape

abrielleemory's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

This had a really cool plot line and I was excited to start it, but I was a little disappointed by the lack of character development for Aria. She went from meek and timid to big strong captive and then all timid again as soon as she got pregnant. 

What happened with Marcus? Why was that so randomly thrown in? And the whole concept of their drug was just an afterthought after the first quarter of the book. 

The war seemed dumb. Also, everything gets halted or stalled because Aria can’t choose who she wants? Bffr. 

It also was so long for no reason. So much could’ve been shortened down or redacted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, and Abandonment

danigold's review against another edition

Im literally on book 4 and ive wanted to dnf since book 1. Idk its just not interesting to me, im still kinda confused on the different families and their relations and territories. I wanted to try a different genre and found that it isnt for me as much, i wanted more romance as the switch in Stockholm syndrome was too fast and deep for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book would’ve have been so much better if it was shorter. There were parts that were intriguing and parts that bore me. 

Carter Cross is a lunatic and I just couldn’t understand Aria’s love for him. 

I don’t see how his actions can be forgotten. He had her imprisoned and the only reason I see for her staying with him is purely sex. There is just too much trauma he causes her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

curlyewe's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

bexxii00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

audlittlebookshelf's review against another edition

I finished book 1 and a little bit of book 2. This is marketed as a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling but it’s really just a kidnapper romance with extremely dubious (at best) consent. The FMC, Aria, has an internal monologue that reads like someone in an abusive relationship. The MMC, Carter, is so unlikeable to me that the only ending I would find satisfying at the point is if Aria kills him. Aria has almost no fight or strength to her, which would be fine if we weren’t being told how strong she is.

I will typically forgive a lot of things in a romance if the romance itself is good but this feels so forced and I do not buy their chemistry. There were actually some moments where I thought this could be an interesting thriller but not a romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent

Psychological Torture

broken_dreamsxx's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy