Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Carnage by Shantel Tessier

30 reviews

bookedupchick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

car_car22'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

5.0

I thought I loved the first books in this series Ryat and Sin and Tyson but in comes Saint. The back and forth the passion and his friends! I love all of them and the story line. Ashtyn is the strongest female character I’ve read in a long time and is truly an inspiration and unapologetically herself. I really hope we get another L.O.R.D.S. book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

machteldv's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

charley0796's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Read as part of book club as a standalone. It was easy enough to pick up the world. Thankfully I read it through kindle unlimited so I didn’t have to pay for it. The first half of the book was pure p*rn which I devoured and appreciated. The rest of this review involves spoilers.
The second half just fell to pieces. The author seemed to suddenly remember that her characters - like the therapist - were missing names and so named them. It also introduced a bunch of other side characters with no identifying features making it impossible to tell who was who - they even threw in some surprise twins just to prevent the effort it would take to make up a better plot. Not to mention the whole fake death situation. Just plain confusing - even the characters don’t really seem to know what happened by the end. But that’s fine, they only have a 2d brain anyway as they have no character aside from being s*x addicts - even 50 shades had more character building than this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

bookoholicanom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

So much goes on in this book and it’s just wow. But there is a plot twist I didn’t see coming that had me stopping my car to listen without distraction. At this point I love all of these books in this standalone series and it’s hard to pick a favorite now. Hayden is my favorite and he’s not even the main main character. I loved this book and the characters and the storyline. All of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

So… the Spade Brothers 💀🔥♥️🥹🥵

I quite enjoyed the plot and pacing on this one; there was the obligatory dark romance trope, but also some good thriller elements, unexpected twists, and admittedly tear jerking moments.

Even though the LORDS series can be read as standalones, I stand by the author's suggestion to read them in order, as this one specifically involved a lot of callbacks to both The Sinner and The Sacrifice. This book almost felt like a conclusion to the series, tieing in previous characters and wrapping up plot points, so I am very curious what to expect with Madness (releasing at the end of the year).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

claudiagomes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Murder

clairelisebella's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

taylormichele's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Favorite quote: “There is no God here, sweetheart. Make no mistake, you will kneel for me, but the things I have planned for you are anything but holy.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Torture

ahbee_p_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5 stars purely for entertainment value.
The FMC needs serious therapy. 
The second half of this book was messy, and the flashbacks were repetitive. 
MMC isn't "morally grey," he's abusive.
I've read other books from the L.O.R.D.S series, so I went into this with a fairly open mind.. overall, I was disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail