Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Hold by Claire Kent

14 reviews

doahdancer's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

For being a short book, the sex scenes made the story drag. I'm normally gung-ho for erotica, but I personally was so intrigued by their interdynamics and the prison politics, I wished that more things had happened that might drag them apart or create more grittiness. Those desires are purely a personal preference, but it's a fact that not much happens than them having sex and Cain building his device.

That said, I loved the premise and read this on the heels of Homestead which was perfect and had the kind of development I wanted for this story.

I plan to pick up the next. Despite not getting what I wanted, this was a short, dramatic, and thrilling read and I like Kent's writing voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Murder, and Sexual harassment

sparkleslily's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

satellitemine's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

hilary89's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

matcha_pages's review

dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Started off dark and ended with a cute HEA.  Considering this is a short book it did a decent job of character development. Raina and Cain's relationship was the best part, their relationship felt believable as they protected each other's mental and physical health. But there's a lot of gaps in plot and world building that kept pulling me out of the story. 

I'm excited that Hall gets his own story in the book two,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

nofys's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

faith99's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence and Sexism

orangesyellows's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault

smuttymcbookface's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

After reading the kindled series, I decided to try more of Claire Kent's work since I loved it so much. Although Hold was fine, it didn't hold up to her other pieces. There was something inauthentic about the characters, and it really did feel like the lead up to a porno. Although it normally doesn't bug me, I found myself frustrated that the FMC was just coming over and over during sex. It made this monotonous to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

downtown_kb's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

A quick erotica read. The epilogue bumped this up to 4 starts for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content