Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Doctor by Nikki Sloane

14 reviews

annick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.0

This surprised me in many good ways. The writing was sensual and drew me in,  without being cliched. The spice was not over the top or bam bam bam. There were moments of tenderness and adjustments and communication . It’s a significant improvement on the cliched age-gap erotica for the male gaze (older MMC, young inexperienced barely legal FMC)

This is definitely a series and writer. I will see more of. 

It’s a good example of Erotic Romance. There is plot here and character drama. The sex scenes fit into the story line. 

It’s very likely that I will want to reread this which is why I gave it 4 stars

Things I disliked would want to be different:
- two dimensional nature of Preston. 
- Set up for the third break up. Yes the 19/20yo FMC was acting immaturely because she is still learning adult relations and navigating those you break up with. 
- their age gap relationship could have added more interaction and sincere drama if it had been revealed sooner to the mum and others. 
- the weird judgy narrative around the neighbour. 
- the lack of other female characters who aren’t foils for the MCs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rchulin1's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-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? No

3.75

Okay so this book is very similar to Penelope Douglas’ Birthday girl. The difference is that this book is not a slow burn it’s rather fast paced at times and the story goes right in the spice is VERY good however that’s like 90% of the book there’s mostly only spicey scenes I would have liked more date scenes like the bedroom scenes would be detailed but the other scenes felt very rushed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneyjustreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Adult/minor relationship depending on your country's laws (she's 19)

01melon'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

3.0

 Although it becomes a little repetitive after a while and lacks a plot—just continuous smut—it was still really hot. Not to mention, there were some truly troubling passages in the book, such as the one where a grown man fantasizes about seeing his son's girlfriend for sex in the same place. It struck me as a little odd and nearly made me dnf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

shaykay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

I've been seeing the series appear quite a bit. Still, I've never picked any of them up before because I never read anything from Sloane, and they aren't part of KU, so I'm a little picky over which books I spend money on. However, once Sweetgrass announced that she would be one of the authors, I finally took the plunge and picked up this book. It was so good, and honestly, I loved that there was an actual story underneath all of the steam. This book focuses on Greg and Cassidy, who end up having a relationship. It's on the taboo side because of the age gap and the fact that Cassidy is Preston's ex and Preston is Greg's son! So things were super messy and hard for Greg and Cass from the beginning, and although it had a ton of drama, I wish there was a little more. I think it would've been interesting to see Preston's mom appear. She and Greg separated when they were young, and Greg had a strained relationship with Preston. Still, it would've added a dramatic new level to the story. We got some chaos with the neighbor, but it fizzled out really fast. I got the rest of the series, so I can't wait to see what happens next and discover how these books are connected! I hope we still get to see Cass and Greg, though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

skillwithaquill's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content and Alcohol

Other content warnings: underage drinking, voyeurism, anal sex, parental neglect/abandonment, emergency surgery.

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Infidelity, and Medical content

loisbredemeijer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

I don't think the storyline is well written. It's mostly just super horny smut. Which is nice, but it kinda never stops. And it's pretty unrealistic.

Like she and Greg literally kissed MINUTS after she broke up with Preston. And her mother is so fine with the relationship in the end like wtf my mom would not support that in any way.

But because they mentioned "Top Gun" i gave it an extra star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

misswirum's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.5

🌠 Porn 🌠

I would love to read more about the characters, but it is what it is 😏😏

4,5/5⭐️
5/5📝
4/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma