Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Summon Us by MT Addams

6 reviews

sunshine_day's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Everyone claimed that if I were going to find my dark romance limit, it would be this book. Well, limit not yet reached! Even the things I would completely DNF for if done in a different way (I'm looking at you oral necrophilia) we're done so we'll here that I'm alright with how it went down... 😉

Best story I've ever read? No. Best reverse harem I've ever read? Nope. Completely enjoyable, binge read worthy, different than everything else and dare I say it... funny! Absolutely!

4.5 ⭐
4 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Infertility, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Classism

hariboreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

Love the humour in this book. It’s certainly needed with all the dark themes and events. The characters are all individuals and have great chemistry. Interesting range of spicy things too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Self harm

arat0208's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Dark topic

poupimali's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

WTF did I just read?!?
So that’s was not expected… but it is as unhinged as “Don’t stop” by Lauren Biel, mixed with really disturbing subjects as in “Hunting Adaline” by H. D. Carlton  AND a revenge story like “The Mindf*ck series” by STAbby.

This is a REALLY dark reverse harem with a serial unaliver FMC. 
This is not for everyone. Please check the trigger warning 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bailey_walk's review against another edition

I’m not into this flavor of book right now. I think it was off-putting to have the female main character described so poorly (scrawny, bony, and almost sickly) during a sex scene. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

lady_h_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

I know in that moment, I would die for this woman. I’d carve up bodies, pluck out eyeballs, go to jail, hell, I’d do anything for her. I’m so fucking in love with Daisy Murray that my heart can’t seem to stop ballooning as I stare at her.

 

If you read The Mindf*ck Series and wished it was a RH, this book is for you! There’s an unhinged FMC coming back for revenge against the town that tried to sacrifice her and the men who embrace her bloody revenge campaign and turn out to be just as unhinged as her. I loved watching the world burn around them.

 

I loved Daisy and her men – best friends from childhood who were broken by her death and the subsequent erasing of her life. We are given glimpses of the way each dealt with the trauma, how it shaped their adulthood, and how Daisy’s return from the grave filled their cracks and made them whole. They did not balk at her crazy, instead vowing to be anything she needed—her demons to control, her dark knights.

 

Fast-burn and very spicy with extensive explicit depictions of darker kinks (dubcon, somno, primal, blood, knife, corpse play, etc.). There are MF and group scenes. Lots and lots of group scenes.

 

There are very dark elements and themes, so I recommend checking the TW/CW if you have any.  If you’re like me and have no triggers (or have learned to push through things that make you uncomfortable), jump in blind. It’s an amazing and surprising experience!

 

This is one of my top reads of the year, and I highly recommend it!

 

⚠️ Very Dark Element Warning – check TWs ⚠️

 

Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance

Tropes/Features: very dark elements, small town, cult, bloody revenge plot, sacrifice, hurt/comfort, psychotic FMC, equally unhinged MMCs, mute MMC, mental health rep, touch him/her and die, group scenes, dark kinks

Narrator: Multiple 1st Person POV

Relationship Type: Why Choose – MFMMM, fast-burn, very spicy (multiple dark kinks)

Book Type/Ending: Standalone, HEA

TW/CW: Very dark elements, extensive list in book’s “Content Notes”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail