Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Honeysuckles by January Rayne

8 reviews

anokes_harvey's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

I wish I had DNF’d this. There was potential, but when the 4 horsemen showed up it all got so ridiculous I had to force myself to finish it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Murder

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Somnophilia, non/dub-con, monster,  morally pitch black, paranormal romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Physical abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Creed x Demi: After he is captured, tortured and experimented on, he becomes several "beasts" with various traits. He eventually escapes and knows he has a mate somewhere, he follows the feeling until he finds her in her diner. He knows he looks "monstrous" so he doesn't show her his full body.

He proceeds to kill all the men who harass her and those he deems as threats

She keeps thinking about him, and covering for him with others - and the police- and the "couple" has a few short meetings in a booth at her diner.

He decides to drug her, and sleep with her (she's a virgin) and throw out her birth control

After some time she is contacted

by the equivalent of supernatural police

and they tell her everything that he's done.

They take him away to try and control his urges and instincts, but can't really (whoops) and he goes back to be with his mate and their egg. HEA? This entire book was 'fixed' with a magic spell at the end that made everything okay for them.

The premise was interesting, but for me the writing fell a bit flat towards the end because of how easily everything was resolved despite all the damage that was done.

asmaltz3's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit

hariboreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Starts off dark and ends 🥹 lots of non con. Yet I do love an mmc who is morally black. You don’t need to read other books before this. Loved Creeds story with the entirety of my dark soul 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Kidnapping

adela_j's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, and Murder

mummamoon's review against another edition

dark funny 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? Yes

2.0

Check the trigger warnings…

This is a spicy book, is also involved non con, and laying eggs 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

amri1614's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

Not plot driven at all, not sure you could even consider it having a plot. Characters decisions made no sense. Even the smut was ehh? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

brookelynnrn's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail