Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Desperate Measures by Katee Robert

24 reviews

evarinya's review against another edition

Call me shallow, but the moment the author decided she needed to publish an updated version of this book - with a new cover (whatever, though I strongly prefer the original one with the snake charm to another run-of-the-mill "two somewhat hot people looking at each other" new version) but also A MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME CHANGED - I was out.
No clue if Disney was involved or what happened there, but when I suddenly read "Yasmina" instead of Jasmine... Yeah, no. I was there for the Disney-esque fantasy, but that new name took me out completely.

To be fair, I hadn't been too invested before either (I don't mind the daddy kink in itself, though I could do without the "baby girl" part of it and CNC isn't my favourite kink either, so the sex scenes were... meh?) but after this I barely managed half a chapter more before I got too annoyed to continue. What a weird and frankly unnecessary change to make.
Well, it got me to change my Amazon settings to "don't automatically update my books" so that's something, I suppose...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Murder

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

Jasmine has spent her entire life in a cage.  A beautiful cage, yes, but her father wouldn’t allow her to leave or have education higher than high school, because she was only good for a marriage.

The book is exactly what I want in a dark romance.  There’s a solid plot, intriguing side characters like Meg and Tink, and a lot of spice.
I love a book where the fmc has attitude and slowly grows into herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Vomit

ashwood_15's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse

things100's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

Ok dang that ending, Jasmine is an icon I think I’m in love but also just Jafar and Jasmine we love a supportive boyfriend. The character development chef kisses plus the smut 🥵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

drtx_bwt's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Death

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.0

Sexy reimagining of Aladdin, wherein Jasmine and Jafar have a thing for one another and Aladdin is the “bad guy”. I liked the spice. I liked the story. There were several glaring spelling/grammatical errors and a rush to the wrap up at the end that made me drop the rating slightly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

veryvexatious's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

After reading the dark Olympus series, this one didn’t really live up to the same quality but I still enjoyed the book. I’m hoping now that the characters have been introduced that the story will pick up more like the dark Olympus books did. The smut was a lot sexier but use of the words “daddy” and “baby girl” made me cringe massively. Still looking forward to the rest of the series and hopefully it improves a little bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

jjreads331's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

It's fanfiction. It had what felt like wildly under-negotiated kink, but it helped get me out of a short slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

bookspot's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Murder