Reviews tagging 'Death'

All He'll Ever Be by Willow Winters, W. Winters

13 reviews

ana_serpas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

If you’re looking for a very dark spicy read this is a wonderful pick. I would recommend checking any triggers before going in, but I could not put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mljatip's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Rape

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book would’ve have been so much better if it was shorter. There were parts that were intriguing and parts that bore me. 

Carter Cross is a lunatic and I just couldn’t understand Aria’s love for him. 

I don’t see how his actions can be forgotten. He had her imprisoned and the only reason I see for her staying with him is purely sex. There is just too much trauma he causes her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

zaesbookshelf's review against another edition

Coercion 👏 is 👏 not 👏 consent 👏
Horrific, a good bit into book two and still zero explanation of why he needed to not only kidnap, but also torture her. Zero explanation of their attraction to each other. She “saved his life” and that means he has to literally torture and starve her? I don’t get it. I love dark romance, but this just ain’t it. There’s no romance and I don’t see myself *ever* rooting for their relationship. Also, this weak woman vibe just ain’t it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and Rape

audlittlebookshelf's review against another edition

I finished book 1 and a little bit of book 2. This is marketed as a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling but it’s really just a kidnapper romance with extremely dubious (at best) consent. The FMC, Aria, has an internal monologue that reads like someone in an abusive relationship. The MMC, Carter, is so unlikeable to me that the only ending I would find satisfying at the point is if Aria kills him. Aria has almost no fight or strength to her, which would be fine if we weren’t being told how strong she is.

I will typically forgive a lot of things in a romance if the romance itself is good but this feels so forced and I do not buy their chemistry. There were actually some moments where I thought this could be an interesting thriller but not a romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent

Psychological Torture

jocl1420's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and War

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I don't read very many straight romances, most leave me more annoyed than anything else.  However, I've read this authors work before and this book is probably my favorite so far.

This is a dark romance with nice world building and well written characters.  I was a bit hesitant at times about the romance but in the end I really liked both Aria and Carter and their character development.

Also, the formatting was so pretty, I love seeing pictures/art work in books.  It makes the reading experience so much better.

I do recommend reading the content warnings before picking it up though.

♡ Hurt/Comfort
♡ Dark Romance
♡ Forbidden Romance
♡ Dom/sub Relationship
♡ Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i extremely enjoyed this book all the way from beginning to end it normally takes a couple chapters before i show any interest in a book but this book had me hooked on the first page this book is 4 books in one it's a series so where one cliffhanger ends the next page picks up this book had me feeling so many different emotions everything the main characters were going through i was going through to and it did trigger my anxiety halfway towards the ending a little bit i love how crazy Carter is obsessed with Aria this book is spicy with from what i can remember no love triangles and no cheating with a happy ending i give this book my all including 5 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the other characters you meet/hear about in the book🫶🏻😍

cxizzybellcx's review against another edition

After reading the first book, i have decided to DNF this toxicity. How can this book be compared to beauty and the beast? THERE ARE LITERALLY NO SIMILARITIES!!! At least the beast wasn’t a complete beast to belle in the Disney movie. Carter was your definition of a psychotic and controlling beast of a human! If you can classify that blood thirsty psychopath as a human. Don’t even get me started on aria either. The poor girl was stripped from her basic human rights, but continuing to fawn over Carter’s good looks? Come on now, you are on survival mode!! I really dislike how manipulative and deceiving this book is! AND COMPLETELY DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS WOMEN IN GENERAL! I get it takes place within a mafia setting, but the common decency this book has towards females is no where to be found. 
The fact that Carter makes aria KNEEL TO HIM to have some sort of control. It grinds my gears every time he has to mention Aria was nothing but a possession to him. And literally forces her to be with him, and give her all to him in order for Aria not to be traumatized more! I get Aria did it to survive, but she eventually liked it to the point where she begged him to stay! 
Don’t even get me started on the plot either, but wait? What plot? There was legitimate no plot at all!! It was just mentions of Carter being obsessive and possessive over aria and aria trying to Survive her captures! The storyline would’ve been great had it actually been followed. 
I don’t know…this book itself is beyond toxic. I hope I’m reading the same book as everyone else who gave it more than 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting