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aya_neela's review
2.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
cluckieduck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Many will agree that there's been an obvious dip in quality from the OG group of 6, but I've enjoyed a number of the in-between books with the ever-expanding cast of characters and, yes, I did enjoy a handful of snippets from this latest one but it's just becoming too much - too many pop culture references, too many POVs (seriously, there were 9 here), too much exposition (and non-pertinent stuff - where was the backstory on Balthazar? We learn absolutely nothing about him), too many CW:
I'm really only sticking this out for Lassiter's book, because he's been done dirty at this point and deserves a character resuscitation from what he's been made into.
Disappointingly, it's just a whole lot of nothing.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
jackiepreston's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
syngirl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder
brennaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape and Stalking
Minor: Blood and Vomit
nicolewhopickedthisbook's review
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
morbidlyobtuse's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Not the worst, definitely not the best.
I started reading this series after a friend recommended it, since I enjoyed Laurell K Hamiltons work.
Now that we're over 20 books in (I'm also counting the spin offs and the Jim Heron books), I just can't tell you why I'm still reading them. Probably because they're so easy to read, I can fly through a book in about 6 hours (not sure if that's a compliment).
The world building is interesting and I think that's the main thing I like about the series. The over-arching plot is interesting and at this point I just want to know what she's going to do with Lassiter. After that's been answered, I'll probably hop off this train (though the Wolven angle might pull me back in. Despite the sex in that being just as shit as in the BDB series).
Lover Arisen is basically a rehash of every other story Ward has written. To be fair, love story wise someone who reads her books already knows this. She's a one trick pony. A good pony, but still, after 20+ books, I would expect at least some evolution in the basic elements of the writing.
But no. Especially the sex scenes are stale and repetitive. I skimmed over a lot of them since there is no passion or heat left in them. Hell, I think the books might actually be better if the sex scenes were left out at this point.
Anyway, not great, not 50 shades horrible, and if you're still with the series to find out what's up with the original characters (like Lassiter) and you have a spare few hours, it can't hurt to read it.
Minor: Rape