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mj_86's review against another edition
mysterious
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent
sienasummerrreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Isolde met a cold-hearted monster known as the devil at 17. She goes to college and wants to become a nun for the Catholic Church and pledge her vows. But her father makes a deal with the devil for an arranged marriage for personal gain. Now to give in to temptation and hand myself over but it’s not that easy when my faith is playing on my mind.
This was saucy. I was hot and bothered. I went into this pretty blind with no idea of what to expect. Isolde was battling with her faith and was stuck in the middle of three men in her life. Her father owner of a big-name bank, her uncle she looks up to and has guided her on her religious journey and now the devil himself Mark Trevena. Mark is a controlling dominant who owns a sex club and must keep his appearance up and starts teaching Isolde about his world and oh boy is it kinky and delicious. Then we got towards the end and I was gutted and angry for her. But then Sierra wheels me in with the last two pages and I’m in shock! I enjoyed this a lot. I will say personally I’ve never been around a lot of religion and don’t understand that side of things only getting the idea. It was hard to connect to the FMC on that level but I have an open mind and am excited to continue the series.
Enjoyed the audiobook and if you do read this first book has no intercourse but trust everything else they do is delicious.
If you love:
🔹Enemies To Lovers
🔹Age Gap (14yrs)
🔹Arranged Marriage
🔹Possessive MMC
🔹Religious FMC
🔹Delicious Spice
Genre/Type: Dark Adult Romance 18+
APK: Kindle / Audiobook
Pages: 175
Audiobook Length: 5hrs 26mins
Narrators: Isabella Ruther - Solo
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Series or Stand Alone: Book 0.5 Prequel To The Lyonesse Series
Tropes or Themes: Enemies To Lovers, Age Gap (14yrs), Arranged Marriage, MMC Possessive, Teaching FMC, My Wife, Mine, Tension, Religious, Sexual Content, Praise, Sex Club, Crawl, Sir, Dom, Sub, Virgin, Bondage, Exhibitionist, Blood and Impact Play.
Mentions: Death Of Parent
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This was saucy. I was hot and bothered. I went into this pretty blind with no idea of what to expect. Isolde was battling with her faith and was stuck in the middle of three men in her life. Her father owner of a big-name bank, her uncle she looks up to and has guided her on her religious journey and now the devil himself Mark Trevena. Mark is a controlling dominant who owns a sex club and must keep his appearance up and starts teaching Isolde about his world and oh boy is it kinky and delicious. Then we got towards the end and I was gutted and angry for her. But then Sierra wheels me in with the last two pages and I’m in shock! I enjoyed this a lot. I will say personally I’ve never been around a lot of religion and don’t understand that side of things only getting the idea. It was hard to connect to the FMC on that level but I have an open mind and am excited to continue the series.
Enjoyed the audiobook and if you do read this first book has no intercourse but trust everything else they do is delicious.
If you love:
🔹Enemies To Lovers
🔹Age Gap (14yrs)
🔹Arranged Marriage
🔹Possessive MMC
🔹Religious FMC
🔹Delicious Spice
Genre/Type: Dark Adult Romance 18+
APK: Kindle / Audiobook
Pages: 175
Audiobook Length: 5hrs 26mins
Narrators: Isabella Ruther - Solo
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Series or Stand Alone: Book 0.5 Prequel To The Lyonesse Series
Tropes or Themes: Enemies To Lovers, Age Gap (14yrs), Arranged Marriage, MMC Possessive, Teaching FMC, My Wife, Mine, Tension, Religious, Sexual Content, Praise, Sex Club, Crawl, Sir, Dom, Sub, Virgin, Bondage, Exhibitionist, Blood and Impact Play.
Mentions: Death Of Parent
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry
sydcreads's review
dark
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Blood
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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
3.0
Salt in the Wound is a novella retelling of the love story of Tristan and Isolde (and Mark) and this novella is chronologically #0.5 in the Lyonesse trilogy by Sierra Simone. I'm excited to see how I like novel #1 in the series because I only somewhat liked this.
I've previously read Sierra Simone's Priest series and I definitely expected that series to be in some part about religion because it's about a priest and his family. I didn't expect Salt in the Wound to be about religion at all but it was and from my atheist point of view it was a bit distracting. The male characters keep manipulating Isolde and they were using her religion to do so, I hope she's able to get back at them. I expect there to be more mention of religion in the sequel "Salt Kiss" and I'm wondering if it's going to be as prominent as it was in this book.
I don't like Isolde with Mark, he's too old for her. I mean he's in his mid 30's (I think) when she first meets him, she's only 17 at the time. There are time skips in this novella so, Isolde stars the story off at 17 and ends the story in her early 20s, but in my opinion Mark still comes off as a predator. Don't even get me started on Isolde's Dad, what a trash can of a person! My goodness. He disgusts me.
The ending was my favorite partIsolde meeting Tristan at the end pieced everything together for me, and honestly it re-sparked my interested in the sequel, Salt Kiss.
The spice in this was alright, I really didn't like the last scenebecause of the blood, it grossed me out . I'm giving this 3 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️ worth of spice.
Overall this book was okay, I'm interested to see how the rest of the series is going to play out. I'm giving this 3 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I listened to this for free on the library website and app - libbyapp.com
I've previously read Sierra Simone's Priest series and I definitely expected that series to be in some part about religion because it's about a priest and his family. I didn't expect Salt in the Wound to be about religion at all but it was and from my atheist point of view it was a bit distracting. The male characters keep manipulating Isolde and they were using her religion to do so, I hope she's able to get back at them. I expect there to be more mention of religion in the sequel "Salt Kiss" and I'm wondering if it's going to be as prominent as it was in this book.
I don't like Isolde with Mark, he's too old for her. I mean he's in his mid 30's (I think) when she first meets him, she's only 17 at the time. There are time skips in this novella so, Isolde stars the story off at 17 and ends the story in her early 20s, but in my opinion Mark still comes off as a predator. Don't even get me started on Isolde's Dad, what a trash can of a person! My goodness. He disgusts me.
The ending was my favorite part
The spice in this was alright, I really didn't like the last scene
Overall this book was okay, I'm interested to see how the rest of the series is going to play out. I'm giving this 3 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I listened to this for free on the library website and app - libbyapp.com
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
kat7794's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent