Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Cruel Seduction by Katee Robert

49 reviews

carbs666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Opened this book to see it was dedicated to people who love mess and I just knew it was gonna be good. Listen I didn't get into this series for the plots so whatever is happening on that level I'm just along for the ride. But as usual, Katee is doing some truly incredible character work and breaking new ground in popular romance fiction by featuring different types of relationships, especially poly ones. I just rly liked seeing all the hard characters soften and the soft characters get donwright gooey over the course of this book. Also there's DP so, what's not to love!! As usual, I am ending the book raging at Katee for not giving us a sex epilogue. I think we deserve it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

taryn_g's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

erinmd156's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

literarymary95's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.25

This wasn't my favorite of the series, but it was slightly better than Wicked Beauty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

bookmarkedbybritt's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It delves more into the politics of the city since two of the MCs are members of the Thirteen, and the overarching plot of the series is getting exciting. I also really enjoyed all four POVs equally, which is quite a feat! Aphrodite is wonderfully morally grey, Pandora and Adonis are both delights, and Hephaestus… I really didn’t like him in the previous books, but after exploring his past and his motivations in this book, I definitely found him a lot more likeable and sympathetic. The spicy scenes are still the weakest part of the book in my opinion, I swear some of the positions these characters take defy the laws of physics, but the romance is actually really sweet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

_meganrose's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.0

Solid 3 star read. Not my favorite of the Dark Olympus series. Four different POV’s was a bit much and unnecessary in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

kristicanread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

notsobinaryart's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Death of parent