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wickan2010's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
itriedtobegood's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent
bluestockingbookshop's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Colonisation
hereiskyra'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent
mcroche's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Rape and Sexual content
Moderate: Torture
kaitlintracy'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: Animal death, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
nofys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
deathmetalheron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
But the delivery of many of these aspects is disappointingly subpar. The characters go through humiliation parade after parade. The garnish of shipping and naval vernacular immediately gives way to crude words for sexual interaction, the transition between the two being jarring at best and non-existent at worse.
The height of this book comes at Bennett's capture by Ashley Cutler--the dynamics indicated before suggest a conflict between Bennett as a character and her struggle between two loves. I daresay the second fifth to quarter of this book is pretty much phenomenal.
You could see it in my reading journal, but at the halfway point this book goes from a high tension pirate romance to an absolute slog. Some critical decision are made of Ashley's character that really draw the line and make him seem a bit more manipulative and Bennett (who's been characterized as being headstrong and skeptical) brushes them off. I get this is the appeal of a captor-captive romance but the characterization is quite literally strewn off the deck into the sea, NSFW
The final act is an absolute slog where Bennett is NSFW
Even during the good times, the way sexual interaction is written is hysterical and I saved numerous quotes. In a better story, they would be a fun aspect to giggle about and another layer to add to the story's atmosphere, but given the dark humiliating train to the end they come across as severely out of place and way too lighthearted. I was really hoping this book would be it, but MAN it was not.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Alcohol, and Colonisation
crwhite's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
leighlo_'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
A badass female pirate with two obsessive, possessive men chasing after her; what’s not to love? This was a fun read! I wanted it spicier though. I would have liked more MMF scenes. Check trigger warnings, it gets pretty dark at times.
- Age gap (11 years and 13 years)
- Enemies to lovers
- Captor x captive
- One bed trope
- Forced proximity
- 🐱 spanking
- 🍑 spanking
- Non-con
- Cheating
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse and Slavery