Reviews with content warning for Murder - Soul Eater

Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

20 reviews

palm's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Content Warnings

jayremps's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

4.5

Content Warnings

r1vana's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

When I saw him, I recognised him straight away. Even if his face wasn't yet familiar to me.

He was mine.

He was everything.

A Monster X Human romance with apocalyptic subplot that I really enjoyed.

The story is set when monsters were unleashed in the human world and are causing chaos. Due to monsters invading many cities, villages, et cetera, human life has decreased dramatically and are only present in restricted crowded places.

In this story, Danny Sullivan is an “orphan” aged 23 that is part of the military. He has no where else to go and the only way he could ever survive in this hell-hole of a world is being in the military. But what he never expected is to be forced to kill monsters that are killing many humans. His first assignment is Wyn.

Wyn is also known as the Soul Eater. For the past few years, he has been going through many areas/territories and ruthlessly killing humans.

One day, Danny will become the sole survivor of a killing rampage by Wyn(killing his fellow soldiers-mates-that he is not close with).

The higher ups are curious on why Danny survived and will make him investigate Wyn and why he is killing people… et cetera…but something will happen that will make Danny want and need to be by Wyn’s side:

I was choosing a monster over the military. A monster who routinely murdered hundreds of humans and was generally terrifying and had a voice that sounded like a million screaming souls.

The attraction between them was there but barely noticeable: one had a cap that hides his face and the other was terrified of the monster… we get to see Wyn’s true reason for killin humans:

You spend your time ensuring humanity isn't destroyed by fucking.… monster parasites and you don't care that they all hate you?" // Wyn's head slowly turned back to face me. "They? Not you, then?" // I felt a flush creep up my neck, opening and closing my mouth wordlessly. "I mean n-no," I finally said. "I don't hate you. I don't hate anyone. But I especially couldn't hate you now.”

Their relationship will bloom real fast(depending on the reader) and I enjoy it a lot.

In a way, I relate to Danny a lot. His way of thinking, his solitude, his overthinking thoughts , his fear of loneliness… He is a ray of sunshine.

Whereas, Wyn was a total mystery through over half of the story, since the only from Danny’s pov. I love love love how protective Wyn is for Danny. He is so soft:

"I want you all the time, Danny Sullihan.

His nose nudged mine. "My sweet human," he murmured.

He is exactly the character that fits with “I hate everyone but you”. Or even “I would die for you. I would kill for you.” even though he is immortal…

Another thing I like is Edin. He is Wyn’s “brother”/friend? Maybe? Because thankfully because of him, I was able to see how much of a softy Wyn is for Danny.

And I love Danny’s and Edin interaction.

This story does have angst and severe descriptive torture scenes that may not be suitable for some. So beware.

TW: sexual content; confinement; homophobia; slurs uses; torture; violence; death of a parent; grief; panic attacks; use of knife for torture; terror nightmares

Content Warnings

sultrytartreviews's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

I finally picked this up after seeing sooo many people in my bookstagram community picking it up. WOW-it was such a great read. I loved the post apocalyptical darkness as the setting. And Danny and Wyn were just perfect as MCs. A little grumpy sunshine is never a bad thing! There is also unconventional road tripping.

One content warning I want to include is for the last third of the book. There is graphic and on page torture / bodily harm. I was wholly unprepared for this (I usually don't read really dark romances), and so it completely took me off guard here since the rest of the book didn't lend to that style. I've heard the other books in the series do not contain violent scenes like this. Hope that helps since I never see anyone talking about this as CW.

Content Warnings

cappuccino_yuki_teddy's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Content Warnings

cluckieduck's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

OK, I have found my new obsession and boy is it a hot one. This is everything I never knew I needed in my life - M/M monster dystopian romance!

I was surprised to see this was the author's first novel because it's such a strong debut! Sure it's a little rough around the edges, but the setting and character's she's created here are a great foundation. And it was such a rollercoaster! I felt joy, pain, fear, anxiety, heartbreak....but ultimately it's just such a sweet romance.

The two leads, Danny (the lovable, kinda dumb human) and Wyn (the Soul Eater) have such lovely interactions. It's told entirely from Danny's POV, though I kinda wish there were some POVs written from Wyn's perspective because he is very much the strong, silent type. But watching him slowly start to relax around Danny was amazing and their sexy times...holy hotness. I haven't been exposed to much in the ways of alternate anatomy, but boy did I enjoy this and all the variations they got up to!

Really looking forward to see where the series goes!

Content Warnings

laurenbooksit10's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I read this one on a whim after hearing about it from one of my fav bookstagrammers (@romantically_inclined). I went in not really knowing anything. I had no idea it was dystopian or that the hero would be such an adorable cinnamon roll or that I would be treated to a wonderfully well put together story in a weird apocalyptic hellscape that would be so dang compelling.

I'm not really sure what category this book fits into, but for being so dark (check your content warnings, friends!), this book was also so heart meltingly sweet. Will be starting the next book in 10... 9... 8...

Content Warnings

lotte5322's review against another edition

Go to review page

5.0

Content Warnings

hungryhornyinsomniac's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

But I felt the plot lacking and it was fun more for the smut and the character development. You had this amazing post-apocalyptic plot that was almost forgotten, it's more of the two traveling through the 'wastelands' vibes and adding monster fucking. The smut was good tho! I didn't rate it higher because it was just more of them screwing frequently, I would consider upping the spice cuz Wyn's Anatomy big plus

wyn has both a penis-like appendage and a slit that's used<s/poiler>, I love the switching and I enjoyed Danny x Wyn.

Content Warnings

acreatureofbooksandtea's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Content Warnings

More...