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evarinya's review against another edition
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...
Graphic: Confinement and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Murder
dolores_madil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
In general, the book was good I loved the erotica story. It's very much a classic of someone being first brought into the kink world though I will say it goes from like 2 to 100 really quick. She has at least read about it but learns quickly that being in the world is different from just reading. They pull of enemies to lovers is very interesting because I don't really feel like they were every really enemies it was just pushed heavily into the play but somehow it still worked.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Grief
reesealexandra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Pros:
- some nicely written CNC. I know it’s not for everyone and there are folks who will never think it’s consensual, but it’s a favourite trope of mine and this felt truly consensual.
- Jafar is hot - he’s even hot in the Disney version and I stand by that
- Jasmine in a red dress
- the scene with Meg was pretty hot I guess?
But, cons:
- I didn’t really get the world. Were there rival gangs? What was the city, and did it have like a government, or what? I found it hard to believe Jasmine couldn’t escape for how many years if she was so smart at
- I love Hades and Meg and I thought their relationship was described really weirdly. Maybe they were being set up for a future book, but it was just bizarre
- how many times Jasmine was just
- daddy/baby girl really does not do it for me. I can appreciate a dom/sub thing but daddy? Once or twice, sure, but every time? Gives me the ick
- if there was a reference to the scene where Jasmine was literally chained to the wall eating an apple and spitting it in Jafar’s face, I couldn’t find it. That scene is dripping to be adapted for erotica fr
Apparently I have a lot of feelings about Jafar smut. Maybe AO3 would be more fulfilling 👀
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Gaslighting
ciaraseesseas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping
_alyssar_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
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
lacy30twin1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent and Murder
bookishlucy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I enjoyed this book but some aspects weren't really for me. I feel like the quality of this book compared to the Dark Olympus series is also lacking. There were a lot of small grammatical/spelling mistakes, enough that I noticed and it slightly affected my experience.
The pacing towards the end was a little fast, I wished we got more time to see the anger in Jasmine blossoming instead of the book just telling us it was happening.
I also missed some of the connections between Jasmine and Jafar. They have a lot of history but we don't really get to know the depth of it, just fairly general statements about their past.
Overall, I still enjoyed getting to know Carver City and the characters. I'm looking forward to starting book 2 soon!
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Trafficking
Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Kidnapping
jmarie92's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
katjacatbeans's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Physical abuse and Blood
Minor: Gun violence and Death of parent
The whole premise is consensual nonconsent, and there are threats of sexual violence outside the main pairing.weyrdkat's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder