Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Tis the Season for Revenge by Morgan Elizabeth

8 reviews

cluckieduck's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Ohhh boy, seems I'm in the minority with this holiday romp, but I found it completely cringe-worthy. Everything from the dialogue, to the plot, to sex just...no. And the pages upon pages of inner monologue minus any fulsome introspection?? I really started skimming ~50% because it was just became the same old, same old.

I know that, as romance readers, we need to suspend our disbelief and enjoy the fantasy of HEAs but this relationship is toxic AF. You're gonna tell me that a self-described player who enjoys his women 'young, blonde, and soft' will change his spots with a woman who's been unceremoniously dumped after being trapped in a 4-year abusive relationship and it's gonna work out?? While I enjoyed the age-gap, Damien and his magic peen were too perfect. If Damien says it's ok, Abbie believes it's ok. Damien says 'yes', Abbie says 'oh.' The number of first time experiences for Abbie because 'guys don't do that' or 'guys don't like that,' but in swaggers 'Mr. Man' Damien to show her how a 'real man' behaves...my eyes could not have rolled further back.

Anyways, I didn't connect with either MC or any side character and found the story fairly lacklustre. The perfect holiday read it was not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming and Infidelity

stupidcat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Sexual content

telsreadingjournal's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I absolutely devoured this book, finished it within 24hrs. I've seen reviews saying that this had some good spice, but I was not expecting the spice to come so early in the book. It caught me off guard. Overall, I enjoyed this book and would recommend the only part I wasn't a big part of it the repetitive "You're mine" or "this body belongs to me and only me" type of thing. Not going to lie it was hot at first but then it was like okay I get it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

kb33's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

This was cute. I liked the relationship between Abbie and Damien, and their interactions. I liked that we get to read about them falling in love, and we’re not just told that they’re falling in love. This book loses half a star because Damien calls her “whore” in bed, which is supposed to be a turn on?? Gross. Also choking in bed. Then her awful ex Richard calls her a whore and gets punched, as he should. And there’s an epilogue behind a paywall of spam emails. I feel like I need to create junk account just so I can access these epilogues without receiving so much junk mail to my main account. 
Turns out there are other books before this in a series, and now I have to go find them. 

TW/CW: use of the word “whore” in bed; sexual asphyxiation (strangulation)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Violence

jackiie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Toxic relationship