Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Savage Bonds

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taylormaria's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

i really enjoyed this. it was fast paced and easy to read. i love the authors writing style . this series so far has been so good and the character development in certain people was well written.

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beckyremillard's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.75

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renettereads's review

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tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Never have I ever read a bad book and then proceeded to read the sequel. Okay, I'm guilty, but something about Broken Bonds kept burrowing into my brain, urging me to read the sequel. So I gave in and listened to Savage Bonds, and this is my findings:

1) This is absolutely better as an audiobook. Reading our MC Oli's running commentary physical can be tiring. Listening to it is far less noticeable and irritating.

2) A little more happens in this book. One of my main issues with Broken Bonds was the lack of spice and action. You get a bit more of both in this, and you also learn more about all of their abilities. The smut is also not as questionable as the scene that still bothers me from book one.

3) I'm pretty sure this was written as one long book and chopped into six parts because it keeps ending really abruptly. I also don't think J Bree actually had enough plot for six books, and so she gives us one tiny nibble per book and fills the rest up with everyday nonsense.

4) This will absolutely reel you in. So many people can admit that these aren't well written, but there's something about it that's incredibly moreish. So will I continue the series. Yes, dammit, I will. Will I grumble and groan about it? Absolutely.

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bangiebangs's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

I'm really enjoying the extended world-building and slow burn romance(s) in this book. It's pretty well-paced, something always keeps the story going and there weren't really any lengths for me here.

What I didn't enjoy:
- the dubious or nonexistent consent (again); they all seem ruled by their bonds occasionally, and one bonding occurs here where neither of the people involved have any agency over their actions, but the bond still completes.
- Oleander is still pretty whiny and naive. Some specks of self-esteem are showing up but if she and everyone else just communicated... this would be much less annoying.
- What I LOATHE in this series is the body shaming... like, Oleander seems to be conventionally pretty/ have a normal, slim body; throughout the book(s) she starts tactical training (sounds like basically CrossFit plus martial arts), so she gets pretty physically fit. AND STILL there are so many scenes where she just thinks about her body, like why the guys would like her "lean, toned" legs (because how is that appealing, a mystery!), or her belly (that was slim to begin with, and is now even flatter). This is also a book with the "she eats more than the guys and still doesn't put on any weight!" trope (both the FMC and her sidekick best friend).
Like, in the scene after the bonding, we're talking sex haze afterglow... just nope:

"I'm definitely not perfect but he says it with so much conviction that I desperately want to believe him. His hand begins to move to stroke over the soft skin of my belly and I'm happy that all my training has shrunk the little belly I have there. I still have one, probably because it's housing my uterus because, hi there, I'm a girl, but it's not something I'm self-conscious of anymore."

So, a completely flat belly but she needs to explain that organs need space? So over this, and it's the reason that none of these books will get 5* from me, I think. We don't know anyone's eye color iirc, but we have heard about her belly a dozen times. Hard nope.

What I enjoyed:
- some more hints at the mechanics of bonding... and possibility of manipulating it? I'm really curious to learn what is going on there.
- more of the Resistance, though I still have no idea what their goal might be other than terrorizing the Gifted community? But am looking forward to see what all the foreshadowing was about. So far, a confusing but good villain.
- the bonding itself. With my favorite. Here for it! (Spice overall would say 2/5)

So yeah, some issues with this, lots of CNs to watch out for, but still enjoyable.

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writingcaia's review

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adventurous dark fast-paced

3.5

This one was a bit better or I’m getting stupider and completely obsessed with this bounding shit!
There’s a threesome and sex wise things did heat up.
Things slow down a bit as Oleander and her bonds get into synch kind of.
Of course, my fave had to be the messed up one, Nox. Even his name is the best.

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vault_assassin_01's review against another edition

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dark 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

4.5

4.5⭐️ I am absolutely devouring this series, the only reason I’ve not gone straight to the next one is because it doesn’t arrive until tomorrow 😩 This series has me in a chokehold, and there’s barely any spice - who am I😂😅

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