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kb33's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm
Minor: Trafficking, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Rape
fishreads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, and Animal death
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Pedophilia, and Trafficking
katiekeske's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Once I got to read Haeden's POV and get his background and feelings, I was totally smitten with him. His story is so sad, and his actions make sense once you understand him. I wished he had shared more of his feelings out loud. Of course, that's part of the angsty drama.
I personally had a hard time connecting to Josie. I like that she's supposed to be a sunshine character, but her strong and constant desire to have a baby, especially after all the trauma she's gone through, just doesn't make sense to me. It was a little jarring to go from Tiffany's book, which I thought handled her trauma really well, to Josie's book where she doesn't seem affected by her past at all. She briefly mentions things, but then just gets over it...? (Good for her, I guess. Are there people out there like that? I don't know any myself...) I know every woman is different, so there are women out there who will feel a connection with her. I'm just not one of them. I wished she treated Haeden better sooner.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment
Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
Josie mentions being sexually abused when she was in foster care . She does not go into great detail. Haeden very briefly attempts suicide in a moment when he thinks he's lost Josie.ashleybeereads's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Animal death, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Death, Gore, Abandonment, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy
Minor: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming
yaoipaddle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
as usual an interesting pairing is made boring the moment they're the main characters of the book. josie is incredibly selfish and no one seems to check her on it which is mindbogglingly STUPID.
theres an interesting plot but instead of exploring it we get chapters and chapters of the same played out miscommunication romance plot.
Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexism
robinsong's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Self harm, Animal death, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking
jenna36's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Body horror
bookedupchick's review against another edition
4.0
Haeden & Josie’s story
💙 Enemies To Lovers
💙 Fated Mates / Breeding Behavior
💙 Paranormal/ SciFi Romance
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Barbarian’s Mate by Ruby Dixon
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Animal death
juliette_95's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
folkofthebook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Animal death and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia