Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Black Sheep by Brynne Weaver, Alexa Harlowe

4 reviews

amateur_bookworm's review

dark 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

My summary: 

Bria Brooks escaped from a cult as a young girl. Now a graduate student studying memory and interview techniques, she’s also a serial k!ller hunting anyone supporting cults. Eli Kaplan is a professor specializing in Forensic Psychology and quickly finds himself infatuated with Bria and sparks fly in their forbidden romance. 

My thoughts: 

This is a very dark romance. Super dark. As in, absolutely f*cked up dark. I alternated between mostly hating it but enjoying some parts of it. 

I was ready to DNF it after the first chapter. But I did stick it all the way out. I enjoyed Bria and Eli’s forbidden romance and their banter. The spicy scenes are definitely spicy. And Kathryn Fletcher is my favorite character out of the entire story. But I disliked pretty much everything else. 

I loved Butcher & Blackbird and Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver. I saw her post about this book and i immediately downloaded it from Kindle Unlimited. I enjoy the comedic aspects of B&B and L&L to balance out the dark themes—but that aspect is almost completely lacking in this book. Overall, this one was just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rdawnd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

abicaro17's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Amazing! I always love a good murder book. My only issue was that he seemed to okay with the murders. Like he seemed violent but not murderous so the switch at the end seems abrupt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ecravens's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail