Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ruthless Fae by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

4 reviews

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

again im just reading this for a good time lmao… also these books are kinda long for no reason like the first half to middle is barely any plot and all the action and good stuff is at the end which is understandable but there’s too much exposition. 

also can we talk about the tokenism of diego… 

and the fact that this series lacks diversity when there’s so many species of fae ??? there’s one poc in this whole series and he’s a bad guy (max rigel), the vega twins and diego are latine but they’re white so does that even count,,,

let’s also mention the fact that lance is like 26 and darcy is 18… at least tory is flirting with people her age not that it makes it any better cause she has terrible taste (abusers).  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Excrement, Incest, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Alcoholism

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

ellencarter0's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Violence, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

charhollyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, but I enjoyed this one so much more!
I found the characters much more loveable, I found the sexy scenes more relatable and the tense scenes had me on the edge of my seat.
I devoured it in two days, I could barely go about my usual daily activities without debating my theories or plotting what might happen next!
A series that finally levels the excitement I had for ACOTAR!!

I absolutely adore Lance Orion with Darcy but I find myself unable to commit to their relationship after the scene about fated mates and how if they don’t go right, shit goes sideways and with the twins facing shit 24/7, she is obviously doomed to a troubled future in that relationship, though I really hope they succeed…
I prefer Tory with Caleb; who I am greatly warming up to. Though alike my feeling with ‘Dorian’, I have a feeling she won’t work out with either him or Darius.

I’m just hoping things start to level out for them now, that they eventually end up on the throne with their orders revealed (which I’m dying to find out)!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship