Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Honeysuckles by January Rayne

18 reviews

jocelynclair's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Monster smut, stalker, lost of SPICY TIME, touch & die, MMC maybe a bit too morally black

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

MMC drugs FMC for CNC play

kittykels's review against another edition

dark

3.0

Definitely read trigger warnings before reading this. But if you like dark monster romance, you might like this one. 

I appreciated that it was short and to the point rather than drawn out. This did make the relationship a bit rushed, but it's essentially an insta-love/lust, fated mates story so it made sense.

I had a few complaints about the writing but I've read worse. I think the biggest thing readers need to know going into this is the type potential triggers to expect:

• Non-con/dub-con (by MMC)
• Pregnancy
• Attempted SA (not by MMC)
• General monster romance things like knotting, blood sucking, fire breathing, tentacles, etc.
• Some unexpected uses for urine and semen??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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.

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

colorcrystals's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

fr4n_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder

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

felyn's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence

sinnybuns's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail