Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Honeysuckles by January Rayne

29 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

vepowell's review against another edition

0.25

Nope. Straight up SA and

stealing her birth control so he can impregnate her while raping her. Hated it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

amckinley92's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

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

emmer_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

doahdancer's review against another edition

dark sad tense

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

2.0

Holy monster bait, batman.

I read this on a dare, with the expectation that it was going to be an extreme beauty and the beast where beast has porn tentacles, shifts, sparkles (probably) and hoards gold. Instead, this is MUCH closer to Haunting Adeline with teeth and and a taste for blood.

Really wouldn't know who to recommend this to, but it was certainly an experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

drealovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Stalking

dmaried0424's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.5

I like the beginning it started off strong. I really disliked the middle. I don’t have any triggers but I don’t care for the first time a couple is together it isn’t consensual or even remembered by the FMC bc she’s asleep and the fact that there is barely a bond between the two. To the point where they barely know each other and she doesn’t even figure it out until almost the end of the book and was accepting of it. Then for it to happen again and again and for it to take up the primary bulk of the book was disappointing and kinda aggravating. I did enjoy the ending but was kind of confused how throughout the whole entire book up until the last 3/4 chapters everyone seems human except for MMC then suddenly there are other paranormals. I feel disappointed because I loved the beginning and I feel like this book had such great potential to just really let me down😕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness

annewritesgood's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

It was so messed up, but I think it's just a dark romance

the way he knocks her up and she's a Virgin???? SHE'S ASLEEP

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape