Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

6 reviews

sydapel's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

Wanted so badly to like this, since the concept is pretty great, and I'm a big fan of Sarah MacLean. However, if there's one thing I hate, it's when the brooding male love interest is paired with a firey woman who will not take no for an answer and he ends up trying to fall on his sword to "protect her". It's sadly predictable for a book written in 2020, and I personally felt so indifferent to their relationship I was practically bored and even decent banter couldn't save it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Sexual assault

katrinaward's review

adventurous medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Rape and Murder

kponturo's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Sexual harassment

soniajoy98's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcohol, Classism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Rape

thefatpaperback's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

This is my first historical romance read, and I honestly enjoyed it more than I thought I would. If you like stories of women taking down men who go unpunished for their crimes and abuse, you’ll likely enjoy this read! It wasn’t 5 stars for me because while this is the first book in the “hell’s belles” series, there is a lot of focus on Sera and Mal’s characters and relationship, and having not read that book from a separate series I felt like I was missing vital information about the relationship between Sera and this book’s hero, Caleb. That could be viewed as my fault for not researching before picking out this book, but I thought I’d be good to dive in since this is a separate series. There was a learning curve for me in reading historical for the first time, and having this extra level of confusion just made some parts of the book seem slow and unnecessary. But still, a GREAT read. And while I don’t know if I’ll go back and read books from that other series, I’ll definitely continue the Hell’s Belle’s series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity and Classism

aqtbenz's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death, Murder, and Sexual assault