Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

19 reviews

pagesihavenotyetread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

literally Leon is giving such Seth capella vibes this book. His chapters have been my favorite. I wish we got more of Elise in ZA but I get why we didn’t since this series has her backstory. I feel her mate bond with Gabriel is so weird bc I thought he couldn’t see mates????? Also they just like… fuck and then he’s mean for 2 chapters then is like oooooop nevermind I guess?? Also ryder is so insufferable I haaaaaate him

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Classism

sophthefirst's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

So, this is the continuation of me jumping into RB series after reading ZA book 1 to 3

I love both of the authors, but as a start for this series, i quite don't feel the way Zodiac Academy makes me feel. It starts off a bit boring for me at the beginning. Yet it still has the spicy feels here and the story kinda feels intense a bit in the middle of the book. But as a whole, i didn't get to grasp the same way as the way i grasp for zodiac academy. However,  i still want to know who's the King that Elise been searching for? Is it true that one of the king involves with her brother's murder? Who killed gareth? And who is behind the face of the King from black card cult? In conclusion,  it's kinda meh for me. 

P.S I might do some edits to my reviews later on if i'm not lazy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

tguccione's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm and Death of parent

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A little slow at first and Gareth’s chapters are boring lol but I love Ryder, Gabriel, Leon, and Dante. Elise is great and I’m excited to see where this goes the ending really picked it up for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

tiffd_fantasy's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

colorcrystals's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 one thing about this duo they're gonna write a mary sue! they manage to make it addictive to read though somehow bc i was on the edge of my seat pretty much the whole time. i was worried i'd find this boring because i'm starting it in the middle of zodiac academy (on a huge cliffhanger) but i got sucked into this story way faster than i expected. i will say it's very OTT and it's a reverse harem so probably not for everyone but i found this so fun. it's in the same world as zodiac academy (just set at a different academy) and it's kind of a murder murder mystery with turf wars and some insane secret society/cult it had my blood pressure spiking constantly.

the writing itself isn't amazing but it's consistent with their other works i've read so far and it might be growing on me or something because it bugged me way less this time around. there isn't a lot of spelling/grammar mistakes (that i've noticed) it's more just the writing style and prose. i think the ridiculousness of the plot in general helps carry the writing since i never got a chance to notice pacing or similar issues with the writing because i was just so excited to see what would happen next. if you want a fun read (and can put up with the whole mary sue/alpha girl thing) though? it definitely delivers.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping and Abandonment

drugging

selestre's review against another edition

funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

gin_tucker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying